Wearable Technology 2017

Project Title: EoS

Members: Konnor Beaulier

Description: I will be making wearable range finder glasses with a heads up display, so the user can determine the distance of an object and the distance will show on a lens in front of their eye.

A lot of the concept and inspiration came from: http://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Data-Glasses-for-My-Multimeter/

Where this man made arduino glasses for his multimeter with a heads up display. So even though I will be straying from his original plan and look, I will be using this as a base:

Here we can clearly see the heads up display as well as the casing for the circuitry. However, a big difference is that my range finder glasses will have the two lenses for the range finder module on the outside of the glasses, next to the lens of the heads up display.

Materials:

• LRF (laser range finder) module, 100m distance: $47
• Arduino pro micro chip: $9
• Glass lens for the display: $6
• OLED micro display: $15
• Small plastic mirror: Depends on schematic
• Battery: Only if needed
• Charger circuit: Depends on total power needs

Timeline:

Week 1:

• Order all of the supplies needed

Week 2:

• Beginning assembling the prototype
• Get a rough housing of the circuits created

Week 3:

• To have the OLED display and the arduino displaying the correct results
• If the LRF module arrives in time, get that coordinated as well
• Start calculating the optics numbers needed

Week 4:

• LRF shows correct distance and it is displayed in the OLED screen
• Cut the lens to the sizes needed
• Work on final housing

Week 5:

• Assemble all the circuits with the optics, test to make sure it displays
• Create final housing, 3D printing?

Week 6:

• Testing and fine tuning
• Improvements if needed

Fallback:

A big fallback would result if the actual device is too wide or too heavy to sit on one side of the glasses, which would result in me having to switch the LRF module to the other side of the glasses. Then my casing would have to loop behind the user’s head, connecting the microcontroller to the LRF and supporting the device and glasses as well. Another fallback would be if the LRF never comes due to shipping issues or if I can’t get it to work properly. In this case I’ll get a much shorter range module on sparkfun for about $15 just to get the initial outline of the project working. I’ll set the cutoff for all of this at the end of week 3/beginning of week 4 where I should have the LRF module and know how to use it.

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