Project Post 3/7/17
Since last week we’ve landed on a name for our product. We are going with “Sirena” a translation of siren in Greek. Our inspiration for the name came from the idea that this bracelet would work like a safety alarm, or siren, alerting those closest to you when you are in danger.
Emma has ordered the Simblee microcontroller off of Sparkfun and it should be here by the end of the week so we can begin moving forward with tests on that. Both Emma and I have reached out to Bellabeat and Ringly, companies designing smart tech to retrieve some information on their power sourcing and integration of Bluetooth into such small pieces of jewelry. We have begun researching the problem of sexual assault on campus through multiple documents obtained through the UW-Madison Police department. The sheer amount of documentation to look through has been a lot but we are making progress.
As soon as the Simblee comes in we hope to begin testing the Bluetooth interface with the Arduino application. If the Simblee comes in by Thursday our plan will be to work with that as much as possible. The plan is to write out our prototype layout for the Simblee, vibration motor, surface mount LED, and battery by Thursday so we can start to lay the real thing out as soon as possible.
This our links to the two companies we have reached out to for information about their products. They have also served as a great inspiration for us moving forward.
Emma Boykin
Keegan Moldenhauer