Since their invention, the keyboard and mouse are the most used input devices that software developers use to interact with source code. However, these devices have their IDE interaction issues as developers need to spend a significant amount of time learning how to use them efficiently and effectively. To tackle some of these issues, we used an eye-tracker to provide an alternative input method. With eye-tracking, it is possible to infer where developers are putting their attention to that can be utilized to improve the IDE user experience and productivity. Therefore, we present EyeIDEA, an experimental plugin for Intellij IDEA that integrates eye-tracking to provide source code navigation, debugging interactions, and fine-grained information about user habits based on eye-tracking. A user study was conducted with TU Delft students to investigate the perceived usefulness of our eye-tracking IDE. Based on their reactions, we found that the gaze-based interactions feel quick and natural. Moreover, there is a strong preference for eye-tracking interactions that only require a single code element or button as input. Additionally, users perceived that an eye-tracking IDE could substitute a mouse, especially when suffering from health-related issues or when performing light programming work. However, eye-tracking also brings new challenges, including integrating eye-tracking with keyboard/mouse input and accounting for accuracy and precision issues that influence the overall usability. A short video demonstration of our tool is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShvIX04rcr4.

SeaState5 wants to facilitate the monitoring process for seabed cables of offshore wind farms. The company wants to achieve this by creating an unmanned vessel, named the Eagle, which can be analyzed from a remote location. As students from TU Delft, we have been tasked to create a software framework that allows the Eagle to go to a location by receiving instructions from the user, and to send environmental data back to shore via a long-range connection. In addition, telemetry should be possible using short-range communication. The software framework for the Eagle has been built with the design goals of modularity and stability in mind. The user is able to configure the Eagle by adjusting a configuration file. This way, the Eagle pursues a modular design; sensor can be attached and detached without changing the software, only an alteration of the configuration file is required. The Eagle is capable of collecting environmental data, and storing it into a local database. The Eagle also contains in-memory data storage for each sensor. Periodically, the Eagle will send data to the cloud using long range communication. And at last, he Eagle is also capable of retrieving instructions from the cloud. Those instructions allow the eagle to perform specific tasks.