During the Make-o-Rama last Friday, the Trailer Automation team showed off our work to parents, teachers and other students. We set up three computers - one showing our compiled code on Codeshare.com, one with our half-completed Instructable (missing only pictures), and one with the missing images constantly rotating in a slideshow. We also had our... Continue Reading →
Since the beginning of the semester, the Trailer Automation team has overcome many obstacles: logistical (our parts not available or shipped too late), physical (our workspace shuffled around to many different spaces in search of power outlets and quiet testing environments) and, most importantly, mental (our own worries and confusions). As we dove deeper into... Continue Reading →
As we enter the third month of working on our project, I believe that the Trailer Automation team (we really need a better name) is well on our way to having a working prototype in time for the Make-o-Rama at the end of April. Most of the components we need to build our system have... Continue Reading →
This week, the Trailer Automation team has continued testing the sound sensor that recently arrived (shipped via Amazon). We are still encountering problems with the values that appear on the Serial Monitor, a screen associated with our sound sensor’s Arduino code which constantly interprets the sensor’s analog input into digital numbers. The Serial Monitor constantly... Continue Reading →
If you have been keeping up with our recent blogs, then you may most likely know that the SEAS team has split up. Now on good terms of course, but now Sofia and I (Stephanie) are now working on creating a sensor system for the project Ventura trailer. Just recently we turned in our first... Continue Reading →
After a semester of researching and attempting to develop a new and improved shoe insert to relieve heel pain from plantar fasciitis, SEAS Design Group has decided to split up and go our separate ways. Eliza is now working on an independent research paper, Andrea has joined another group, and Stephanie and I have decided... Continue Reading →
Did you leave the light on at home? Is the coffeemaker still going? Is someone walking through the door to your house right this very second, moments away from stealing your most prized possessions? We hope not. But just in case, Chloe, Annalise and I have set out to program and install a home automation... Continue Reading →
This semester has been a time for us to reevaluate our project. It's been a much-needed time to rethink what works and what doesn't work in our project. Our pediatric wheel chair was a very ambitious idea and the reason being was because we didn't have enough resources and the amount of money exceeded the... Continue Reading →
My new team started a project that involves programming and building circuits. We are creating a system that will monitor the temperature, gas, humidity, sound, light, and motion in the airstream trailer at our school. There has been a problem with break-ins in the past, so we decided to create a system to prevent people... Continue Reading →
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