ICOM 5047

Project: ACRS

Description:

Automatic Crash Response System will provide car insurance agencies information regarding details of the accident throughout a website. Details such as area of impact on the vehicle, maximum force detected, possible flip and spin situations and their direction, whether or not smoke has been detected, and if the vehicle has finished in an upside down position. This system will help the insurance companies minimize insurance fraud by keeping track of each accident with a full report given by the system. The users of the device will be able to choose emergency contacts that the SMS Server will contact when a severe accident occurs.

Project: Wearable Audio Visual Experience (WAVE)

Description:

The WAVE (Wearable AudioVisual Experience) product consists of a musical instrument that creates an audiovisual experience between a musician and an audience. The project will feature a pair of gloves equipped with sensors that detect finger motions in addition to hand motions in space. The user interface will mimic that of a piano keyboard. The user’s input will produce musical notes via the MIDI standard. To complement the sounds, an array of LEDs will create a corresponding light and color display. This combination of effects will form a sound and lighting spectacle.

Project: Digiletics Basketball Statistics Tracker

Description:

Digiletics aims at opening the door to a whole different way of analyzing basketball games while not at replacing existing methods. Electronic devices will be developed with the intent of monitoring which player possesses the ball, the way each player interacts with other players when in possession of the ball, and the type of shot, when a player makes a basket. The data collected by the system will be available to users via a Web application.

Project: MooFinder

Description:

The MooFinder system is designed to improve security in farms by providing an integrated device to track the location of stolen cattle. By creating an electronic tracker that can function as a bolus inside a cow’s rumen, the user can rest assure that thieves will not discover the device in plain sight, therefore minimizing the possibilities of removing the device. In addition, the device is self-powered using energy harvesting techniques making this device durable for an adequate time span. Aside from the ruminal bolus, MooFinder system integrates a web and mobile application that will allow the user to locate and map the cow's location given the animal's unique ID. As an added feature, MooFinder device will contain a close-range unique identification that enables any user with an RFID reader, of the same frequency, to identify the tagged animal.

Security Alert Vest (SAVE)

Description:

Security Alert Vest (SAVE) is a product that is intended for the police department to track the location of police officers wearing it and send an emergency signal when a sensor on the vest has been triggered. In this way the police department can dispatch back up or medical teams to the area if they are needed. It contains a bulletproof vest, a microcontroller, impact sensors, a panic button to be pressed in emergency situations and a communication system for tracking and sending the appropriate data to the vest and control center.

Project: DiscoverE

Description:

DiscoverE is a system that improves the customer‟s experience by streamlining the payment process of entering an attraction, such as a museum or an aquarium, by creating an online platform from which payments can be made and a contactless card which is used on site to retrieve their tickets and/or wristbands. This allows customers to view information of the establishments in order to manage their time effectively, pay beforehand and avoid the hassle of waiting in lines when they arrive to the location.

Project: Smart Point of Purchase (Smart POP)

Description:

Smart Point of Purchase (POP) is a shopping system intended to enhance the consumer in-store shopping experience.It will allow customers to have the advantage of getting informed about products information and offers while shopping. The costumers will be able to scan their items to obtain the description and price of any product registered in the database of the store. This may help to avoid costumers to look for a price verification station that might be far or not implemented at the store or ask for assistance to any of the staff. Besides, it will provide comparisons of prices between the scanned product and similar items that are available in stock, emphasizing the quantity of money that could be saved. It will suggest, also, products of the same category. This system will keep track of all the products inside the cart, thus, providing the total price of all the selected items and allowing the user to just pay at the checkout terminal.