Final Project Week 1

Day 16 (3/18/16)

Today the class split up in to two groups. One of the groups went to the child study center and the other stayed in the classroom and was visited by Jim Wice from disability services. Each of the groups learned about the problems that needed to be solved and were able to ask questions.

I was in the group that met with Jim Wice, and it was very interesting to hear what he had to say. He said that his main challenge was his body temperature. Often it fluctuates a lot and he won't notice that his body temperature is off until it has gotten very severe.

Meeting with Jim Wice, I knew that I wanted to work on a project that could help him and others with similar challenges.

Day 18 (4/1/16)

Sara, my final project partner, and I both came up with some initial ideas for the final project. Today we had to present these initial ideas in class

Sara's idea was to use a finger temperature sensor that would be connected to an arduino. When the temperature got outside of a certain range, the sensor would vibrate to let Jim know that his temperature was off.

My idea was to have a thermometer attached to Jim, probably the back of his neck, wherever it's best to take his temperature. The thermometer would be connected to the arduino that we could program with a certain desired temperature range. When Jim's temperature got too hot, a red led light would turn on and when Jim's temperature got to cold, a blue led would come on to let Jim know that he needed to make a change and get his body temperature back to normal.