Month: February 2017

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First Project Post

(Working) Project Title: Unconventional Honesty

Team Members: Andres Tapia, Fang Qin, Jade Palandech

Project Description: A jacket that will light up in specific patterns in reaction to changes in heart rate. The heart rate will be monitored by a pulse sensor in the cuff of the jacket.

Drawings:

Resting heart rate:

Slow heart rate:

Fast heart rate:

Updated (3/2/17) Sketches: 

Inspiration: We were inspired by the idea of creating a jacket that expresses the wearer’s heart rate as a form of unconventional honesty. We haven’t really seen any other jacket like this on the market.

Materials and Costs:

 

Heart rate monitor:                           $12

Jacket fabric and other materials : ~$60

5 Neopixel strip 60LED -1m:       3 x $25

Conductive thread 125yds:                 $6

5 Volts batteries:                                $14

3 Lilypads:                                     3x $14

 

Timeline:

March 16: Finalize design and map out wiring

April 4: Jacket is sewn and complete, begin wiring and test runs.

April 20: Jacket is fully functional!

Fallbacks:

Change pattern to be simpler and use less lights

Go down to one heart rate/design

Use LEDs instead of Neopixels

Possibly a different sensor

 

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Emma & Keegan

Project Title: The Sirena 

Project Team Members: Emma Boykin and Keegan Moldenhauer

Project Description: Simply-we want to make a bracelet that promotes safety and comfort on college campuses.

However, in order for this bracelet to do its job it has to be worn and to be worn it has to look good. Hence why our goal is to create a discrete safety bracelet that looks like an ordinary piece of jewelry that can be worn from the day going into the night. Once a specific button is pushed for a specific distress situation, the wearer of the bracelet will see a part of the bracelet light up letting them know that someone is coming to help

 

 

Sketches/Concept Art:

Materials and Costs:

  • Microcontroller-https://tinyurl.com/j3mkl2x
  • Bluetooth-Mate Silver w/ chapter 9 being helpful
  • Wiring
  • LED-Potentially 1 for notification
  • Vibration motor-for notification
  • Leather-for prototype
    • Possible wiring to be placed inside leather so it can be adjustable

 

 

Timeline:

  • Milestone 1 (March 16)
    • Bluetooth working to receiver
  • Milestone 2 (April 6)
    • Tech working sized down to wearable size-app working
  • Milestone 3 (April 20)
    • Tech and final design integrated
    • Fallback Plans: Scrap bluetooth entirely and just use sound or use basic app interface