A bold presentation designed to share information about a prototype device which would help visually impaired persons. A demonstration of the prototype was given following the presentation. Created for Mr. Taliani's English 12 Design Challenge of SP17.
4. “How can quality of life be improved
for people with disabilities in the
Columbus area?
How can mobility be improved for
people with visual impairments in
the Columbus area?
6. Our Ideas
Bracelets
Which receive data
from a “halo” of
sensors around the
user's head, and
vibrate based on
the positions of
objects around the
user.
Earbuds
Much like apple’s
earbuds, but with
sensors at the
bottom. They would
use 3D audio to
indicate positions
of objects and
people.
A Belt
Which has
ultrasonic sensors
on four sides and
vibrate to indicate
the position of
nearby objects and
people.
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A Belt
Which has
ultrasonic sensors
on four sides and
vibrate to indicate
the position of
nearby objects and
people.
OUR CHOICE:
8. WE AIMED FOR MARS
But realized what we needed was on the
moon too.
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9. Original
● 360° Sensors
● Cost of almost $200
● Delicate and fragile
● Appeal to sense of
touch
So we changed our course
Final
● Focused sights
● Cost of under $80
● Rugged and Durable
● Appeal to sense of
hearing
● Customizable
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10. We wanted our product to be:
● Easy to use
● Cheap to Produce
● Customizable
● And Adaptive
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19. Credits
Okyle, Carly. "5 Amazing Inventions That Are Helping the
Visually Impaired." Entrepreneur, 27 Apr. 2015. Web. 28 Sept. 2016.
Velázquez, Ramiro. “Wearable Assistive Devices for the
Blind.” 28 Sep. 2016.
Sklarzyk, Dominik. [Electronic Contact]. 2014. IPPINKA
www.ippinka.com/blog/digital-contact-lenses. 28 Sep 2017.
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Hinweis der Redaktion
“Many STEM schools teach from the cirriculum of the very successful Project Lead the Way, our hope is that Project: Hear The Way will have the same success and impact on the community”
“Our project has had three phases so far - we brainstormed here in class, did independent research at home, decided on our solution, worked on building it, and now, here we are, presenting and delivering”
“Originally we had this question - but some of the terms here needed to be narrowed down. We decided to focus on mobility for the visually impaired”
Explain each one, and the downsides that each create.
“These were our initial ideas - we realized that to make up for missing one sensory ability, we had to use another - or even two. Because of the physical size of our materials and budget, we chose to go with the belt solution. “
“Once we decided on our solution, we had to do a bit more research - especially into the financial side of things.”
When we chose our idea of the vibrating belt, with all-around sensors and over a hundred dollars of tech inside, we were thinking about the most that anyone could ever need. What we hadn’t realized is that people who need all of that are the 1% of the 1%, and that 99.9% of people wouldn’t need, or be able to afford, that.
Remember: We DIDN’t fail, we found a better course of action
“Once we decided on our solution, we had to do a bit more research - especially into the financial side of things.”
“Our project has had three phases so far - we brainstormed here in class, did independent research at home, decided on our solution, worked on building it, and now, here we are, presenting and delivering”
Even when the program isn’t multiplying or dividing - it’s still thinking logically and working the same way math works. In the snippet of the program you can see in the middle, the arduino tells itself which plug is the sensor, how to read the information, and what to do with it. On the programmers end, one thing we had to do math to calculate how many centimeters were in an inch - because computers work better with centimeters.
Our product is made to operate on six different levels. When there is an object over 45 inches away, it will beep once every three seconds, and will check for changes at the same time interval. When an object is less than seven inches away, the product goes into Level Five, or what I like to call Panic Mode. In Panic Mode four buzzers go off at a time, and the computer checks for changes in less than a second.
Tres will demonstrate the usage by walking down the aisle towards the wall. We will stop to say each level as we reach it, and will ask if Mr. T or anyone else would like to try.