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Project Three: Track and Field

Introduction

Welcome to the future! It has and will continue to surprise us with gadgets and gizmos and trends and hashtags that will surely blow minds. Big and bulky is a thing of the past and now only exists in the form of -40C winter boots. It seems that with every change of season comes a sleeker and more sophisticated generation of tech.

 

Here is a summary of the coolest things to come out in the past few years:

  1. The Neofect RAPAEL Smart Glove

    • The RAPAEL Smart glove is new to Neofect. It is a sleek rehabilitation device designed to help restore mobility in the human hand. It is are out of elastomer making it lightweight and easy to clean. The device connects to an app called "RAPAEL" allowing the user to play games to aid in rehabilitation.

  2. The LG OLED 65-inch Television

    • Cleverly nicknamed "Wallpaper TV", the LG OLED 65W7 television is exactly what you think it is. It is an ultra-thin screen that can bed and even roll up. The thinness of the design doesn't compromise the quality of the picture. The organic light emitting diodes produce a picture quality such that some users will display pictures on the screen and use it as an art piece.

  3. The Griffin Smart Home Connected Toaster (and other kitchen necessities)

    •  This is the ultimate, decked-out toaster that you need in your home. It is Bluetooth-enabled that paris with a smartphone app to remember your personal toast settings. You first select your settings, including the bread type, on the toaster and those settings are saved in the app. The toaster also connects to a variety of other Griffin Smart Home appliances to make your daily living more efficient.

  4. The Under Armour Speedform Running Shoes

    • This new generation of running brings a whole new level of advancement to athletics. with its built-in Jump Test, the shoes, connected to an app on your phone, will tell you how hard you should train in your workout based on muscle fatigue. This technology has been added to other shoes from this company. Finally, a shoe that will tell you if you're really tired, or just lazy.​

Project Three Objectives

A group of entrepreneurial stakeholders in the wearable technology sector has approached your team to design a proof-of-concept prototype for a new wearable device. Your device is required to take data input by a sensor and output it in a meaningful way that is easily understood by a user. You are required to prototype your device, demonstrating how it will function and how it will be worn. To meet these objectives, your team has been provided with the following:

 

  1. A select number of sensors

  2. A Raspberry Pi

  3. A breadboard and breakout board

 

The project requires that your team:

  1. Identify one or more sensors for use in a wearable devices

    • Generate one concept for a wearable device

    • Evaluate each design concept, and select one concept to pursue further

  2. Design a proof-of-concept physical computing prototype that reads input from a sensor and communicates meaningful output to the end user

    • Determine how the device will communicate input data from the sensor to the end user

    • Interface your sensor with the Raspberry Pi

    • Write a computer program that outputs data from the sensor in a purposeful way

    • Design and fabricate a housing to keep the sensor secure during use while providing for quick assembly and disassembly

  3. Create a tangible prototype that can be worn by the user

    • Fabricate a prototype of your wearable device

    • Prototype must consider the interaction between the wearable device and the user

    • Prototype must demonstrate how your wearable device will be worn by the user

  4. Justify why an end user would want to purchase and use your device

    • Justify the use your wearable device as a commercial product

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