Data-agnostic principle
The medical and FND architecture depends on source, target, discrepancy, provenance, organization, human review, and clinical decision support.
Revision checkpoint — July 2026
What’s new and what’s next
The FNDS 2026 conference did not end the project. It clarified what Project Fionigan has become and which questions should guide the next stage.
Where it is now
One framework, many possible data domains
Project Fionigan is an accessibility-first, continuity-first, verification-first, data-agnostic framework.
The medical journey remains the first and central public implementation. The framework itself is broader: it can organize source information, compare it with a target, identify discrepancies, preserve provenance, and support human review.
SOURCE
↓
TARGET
↓
DISCREPANCY
↓
GUIDANCE
↓
HUMAN REVIEW
↓
HUMAN DECISION
↓
TARGET
↓
DISCREPANCY
↓
GUIDANCE
↓
HUMAN REVIEW
↓
HUMAN DECISION
What is new
Major additions after FNDS 2026
ToneLane
The audio branch tests whether the same framework can compare a recording with a desired reference, identify tonal differences, offer guidance, and leave the final decision to the engineer’s ears.
Question-driven research
The next research direction asks whether structural pathology and Functional Neurological Disorder can interact, rather than forcing the question into structural versus functional.
Trigger threshold
Symptoms may be changing in timing and threshold rather than simply appearing or disappearing. The research question is whether rehabilitation can increase the trigger threshold.
Poster to continuity
The poster is no longer the destination. The working path is Poster → Conversation → Website → Continuity → Follow-up.
Automatic import gap analysis
A future import should inventory files and nested archives, compare manifests, verify checksums, classify public and private material, and automatically report missing, duplicated, unresolved, or upload-needed items.
What should be studied?
Observations become questions—not conclusions
Structural + functional interaction
How might structural pathology and FND interact in some patients?
Upper cervical positioning
Do documented changes during upper cervical positioning warrant structured study?
Dynamic stretching
Should movement during dynamic stretching be compared with static stretching in FND rehabilitation?
Trigger timing
Can longitudinal rehabilitation change the delay between sensory input and a movement response?
Chirp Wheel observations
The current material records patient observations only. It does not claim proof, mechanism, or therapy.
Red-light observations
Any response remains an observation requiring longitudinal documentation, not a treatment claim.
Research model: Observe → Document → Compare → Repeat → Question → Study.
What is upcoming
Next public and project work
2027 poster direction
One focused research question, longitudinal observations, stronger documentation, more data, and less theory.
ToneLane demonstration
Show the framework operating on audio data while preserving the principle that human ears remain the final authority.
Import completeness report
Make missing-item detection part of startup so the accessibility workflow reports gaps automatically rather than waiting for the user to ask.
Continued source mapping
Extend the claim-to-source crosswalk and de-identified source summaries while raw records remain private.
Longitudinal observation lane
Continue documenting trigger thresholds, positioning, sensory input, dynamic stretching, and rehabilitation response over time.
Human-centered boundary
Keep the final review and decision with clinicians, engineers, researchers, educators, advocates, and other qualified people.
Boundary
Project Fionigan never replaces humans
It organizes, measures, suggests, documents, and preserves provenance. It does not diagnose, prove mechanisms, make treatment claims, replace records, or make professional decisions.
It helps humans make better-informed decisions while human judgment remains final.
Continuity statement
The project’s next question
The diagnosis was there. The symptoms were there. The communication plan was there. The handoff failed.
Next question: What should we study?
Now moving forward
ToneLane is the next active branch
ToneLane is the prototype audio-engineering implementation of the Project Fionigan framework. It is built, testing is next, and the intended application keeps recordings and project files on the user’s machine.
Imagine if you could make a $20 mic sound like a 58.