THE BUBBLE BELT- Week 7-8

In the distant future, paranoid parents force their children to wear Bubble Belts. These force field generators allow children and teenagers to press a button, which would enable them to get into a bubble. They can also deactivate the bubble if they feel safe. In addition to this, the bubble constantly monitors the child’s surroundings, activating at the first sign of danger. 

On a cold frosty afternoon, Rachel and her classmates decide to go on a hike adventure, in the terrifying, remote woods. While the class were on their hike, Rachel did not seem interested and wondered off alone into the woods. A few minutes later, she realised that she was lost and none of her friends were around her. She went in search for them, but to no avail. Just then, she began to hear spine-tingling sounds, coming from a distance so she quickly reached the button on her belt to activate the bubble belt.

As Rachel moves inside the colossal bubble, she comes across a dead end which makes her heart pound faster. As she tries to go back the other way, she encounters a terrifying wolf that has steel grey claws running at a menacing pace towards her and tries to attack her, however the fierce sinister wolf cannot break through due to the hard steel surface of the bubble. Just then, Rachel heard high pitch screams echoing through the trees and to her discovery it was an enormous bear with stocky legs and dark brown fur that suddenly pounced onto the wolf and attacked it viciously and killed it. It then approached Rachel with great force and strength and made a small crack on the surface of her bubble. As the bear was unable to break the bubble, he went another direction and Rachel sprints away from the bear.

Suddenly, she comes to the end of a steep cliff. Her heart begins to pace at an accelerating rate while she endeavours to look for solutions. She turns her head to the right and comes across an old, deserted house. As she cannot fit through the door with the bubble, she decides to deactivate the bubble belt. As she enters the house, she discovers dead, decomposed bodies all over the floor and starts screaming loudly. Then all of a sudden, she notices a large shadow on the floor and the next thing she hears is someone knocking relentlessly on the door, so she hastily runs up the stairs and hides in a cupboard.  All of a sudden she hears her name being called, so she races down the stairs and opens the front door and to her discovery, it is her classmates. Her friends see the lifeless decomposed bodies scattered on the floor so they get Rachel and sprint as fast as they can. They leave the woods and inform the police. At last they were all reunited and in safe hands, Rachel tells her class mates about everything that she encountered in the ghastly, terrifying woods.

 

MIDI PIANO KEYBOARD ARDUINO- Week 3-6

The MIDI Piano Keyboard allows users to play different types of sounds using the MIDI notes. Back in the olden days, instruments were not accessible so a lot of people used the MIDI Piano Keyboard to play songs and produce different types of sounds.

In order to get the MIDI Piano Keyboard working, you must have the following:

• Arduino Uno Board
• USB cable
• Jumper cables
• 10k ohm linear potentiometer
• 1 tactile push button

The code helps to meet the standards of the MIDI Piano Keyboard project as it allows the users to play the sounds. If the arduino project did not have the right code it would not allow the user to make sounds on the computerized piano keyboard. This is why it must meet the MIDI specification.

I would recommend people to try this at home as it something interactive to do and everyone will be able to feel what it was like for the people back in the olden days.  

RFID CARD READER- Week 3-6


The RFID Card Sensor uses electromagnetic fields to transfer data over short distances. In order to get the RFID Card Reader working you must have the following:

• An Arduino Uno
• Jumper Cables
• The Arduino software
• Breadboard
• USB cable

I had to also download a ZIP library from the arduino website in order to get the RFID card reader working.

Some examples why RFID would be used is for making money transactions, proving a persons identity and many more. Having the right data on the RFID Card will allow a person to go through the right doors without any hassle.This type of project is very good for people who have credit cards/debit cards or any other type of cards that show identification it is you. 

HEART RATE SENSOR-Week 3-6

 
















The Heart Rate Sensor shows how quick your heart is beating. It is calculated by beats per minute and displays what the outcome will end up being. Above is an example of a heart rate test that has happened.

In order for the heart rate sensor to work, you must have the following:

• Arduino UNO
• Jumper wires 
• Breadboard
• USB cable
• Heart rate sensor

The heart rate sensor can be used in 2 different ways. One way is that it can be used as health sense so for example, if the persons heart is beating face then they can use it to see the results and hope the person calms down. The other way it can be used is in a fun way. For instance, it could be like a task to do in the class and everyone can try it to see what their heart rate is like and it would be a good laugh. 

TIME OF FLIGHT DISTANCE SENSOR- Week 3-6


The Time of Flight Distance Sensor measures the distance of how long the light has taken to bounce back to the sensor. In the example above it shows a persons hand moving towards and backwards from the distance sensor. This proves that the Time of Flight Sensor can be very useful in the real world as many people would want to measure different types of signals including sound and light.

In order to get the Time of Flight Distance Sensor working, you must have the following:

• An Arduino Uno
• Jumper cables
• The Arduino software to put the code in
• USB cable
• Breadboard

This was quite interesting to do as it allowed us as a group to try it ourselves. There is a video above to show people how this works when it is all set up. 

LED EMOTION SENSOR- Week 3-6

The LED Emotion Sensor determines how you are feeling. For example, if you are feeling really stressed or you're heart is beating fast then the results will come out as high number whereas if you are feeling calm and stress-free then the result will likely be a low number.

This is an excellent way to test yourself as sometimes people want to check their heartbeat and they may want to know how high their heartbeat is.

There is a short video above to show people how this arduino project works as some people may want to try to do this at home or at a library with friends or family.

EMOTION DETECTOR- Week 3-6

In order to get the Emotion Detector working, you must wear: 

• A headset 
• A board with lights that is used to determine whether you are feeling stressed or good or any other emotions. 

If you was feeling stressed the emotion detector would go red, however if it goes blue it means you was feeling great. This is a great opportunity to test yourself and have fun with your family and friends. There is a video above showing a few university students using the emotion detector and showing people how the lights work.

LED SENSOR- Week 3-6


The light sensor is useful as in it allows a person to detect different levels of light. The LED sensor was built using the arduino kit. Within the arduino kit, you must use:

• An Arduino Uno board
• An LED
• Jumper wires
• A Breadboard 

To show the led sensor changing light was quite interesting to do as it was something that I did not do before. I would highly recommend people to do it with their friends or family as everyone will have an amazing time.