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Fischer-randomizer by Team Steve: Final Documentation Redux

Fischer-random Chess: automated randomizer Built by: Josh Lefevre, Nathan Serafin, & Alyssa Casamento A brief overview In the Spring semester of 2018, our team of Carnegie Mellon students was…

Team Wilma Prototype Documentation

Introduction Our overall goal is to create an assistive device for our partner Wilma to help her life in some fashion. After narrowing down product ideas we decided…

Team Renfrew Prototype Documentation

The project is about designing an assistive devise for an older person. Team Renfrew works with Rosemarie, whom lives in Pittsburgh with her husband, Joe. She loves to…

Initial Meeting Documentation

Initial Meeting Introduction: We aim to create an assistive device for an older person. This can be in the form of any type of device that helps them…

Final project group assignments

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Assistive Device: Weather Light

The Weather Light is a device that tracks temperature and the amount of ambient light  and changes the color of an RGB LED strip to inform the user…

Assistive Device: Write Retrain

A device to monitor writing pressure, and complain if it becomes too large. Process Decision Points I had intended to attach the pressure sensor to a glove, but…

Assistive Device: De-icer

This project drips the faucet on cold nights to prevent my pipes from freezing! Process One major decision point was deciding the mechanism to lift and lower the…

Assistive Device: Home Assistant Alert System

Assistive Device: Home Assistant Alert System ——– Project Description To develop an alert system to help me know when our older landlady needs help with common chores around…

Assistive Device: Mister Resistor

What is it? Mister Resistor is an assistive device that helps the user determine the value of a resistor, either by applying the actual resistor or by inputting…

Assistive Device: Phone Time Tracker!

Process: Discussion: Overall, I was satisfied with the technical functionalities of this project and my ability to make the best of trying out new components to use and…

Assistive Device: Slouch Detector

This slouch detector will calibrate to fit your individual posture and will alert you with an LED and on-screen text when you are slouching.   Process: My original…

Assistive Device: The Guilt Hook

How should I advance the time of feeling of guilt about not working out before I leave home, rather than after coming home from school? PROCESS One of the…

Example: “LED Arduino Music Visualizer

  A Software Engineer created a homemade music visualizer with 49 LEDs arranged into a piece of plywood. The LEDs react to the unique frequencies of sound inserted…

Example: Stranger Things LED T-Shirt

In this project, someone created a shirt with flashing LED lights in an attempt to replicate the wall in the TV series, Stranger Things, where Joyce communicated with…

Example: Punch Activated Arm Flamethrowers

This man created gesture controlled, wrist mounted flamethrowers. He was inspired by the Avatar series to mimic the firebending seen on the show, and he’s done quite a…

Example: Chuckmin Musical Instrument

In this arduino-based project, someone has transformed the capabilities of the Wii Nunchuck from a gaming controller into an intriguing little instrument. It seems as the gyroscopic sensor…