TRLT : Sunscreen Reminder Hat & Midi Glove
The sunscreen reminder hat is part of a project that I am involved in with the ECSEL scholars program at ISU. The ECSEL Scholars hosted a Spring 2017 session for The Road Less Traveled (TRLT), a career exploration program hosted by Iowa State University, geared towards young females in middle school and high school to explore STEM fields. Our session focuses on how technology can help benefit a healthy lifestyle. The hat uses Adafruit's FLORA, an Arduino-compatible microcontroller. It is a wearable electronic that is outfitted with a UV sensor and piezo speaker which is programmed to alert the user to reapply sunscreen at a given time interval.
Midi Glove. Image courtesy of Adafruit.
The midi glove (image is courtesy of Adafruit) showcases the different uses for Adafruit's FLORA. The glove transmits a signal to music-making software such as NanoStudio to create an experience that lets you turn any surface into an instrument by using piezo sensors. This project was intended to be a demonstration for TRLT students to explore different sensors.
My role on this project was to develop a working prototype of the hat and the glove using the FLORA and Adafruit resources. I was able to train my team on how to replicate 20 hats for the students attending the session. In addition, I helped lead the session by demonstrating the basics of input and output, the idea of a sensor, and basic circuit theory. The students were able to take their hats home and were encouraged to go to Adafruit's website to explore more about electronics and programming.
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My role on this project was to develop a working prototype of the hat and the glove using the FLORA and Adafruit resources. I was able to train my team on how to replicate 20 hats for the students attending the session. In addition, I helped lead the session by demonstrating the basics of input and output, the idea of a sensor, and basic circuit theory. The students were able to take their hats home and were encouraged to go to Adafruit's website to explore more about electronics and programming.
Skills Acquired:
- Teamwork
- Leadership
- Working with wearable electronics
Skills Applied:
- Soldering
- Experience from Electrical Engineering coursework (EE 201, 224, 230, 311, 418, CRE 288)
- Experience from Music Technology course MUSIC 246
- C programming/general knowledge programming
- Project Design, Planning, & Documentation
Resources:
- Adafruit
- Electronics Technology Group - Lab Access
- TLA
- Arduino.cc