Project Time!

Team?

For this project, I have decided to team up with Maximilian Sharpe, whose blog can be found here. We have decided to work on his project idea: a toolkit to help bystanders give help to those at the scene of a disaster before first responders can arrive.

Timeline?

Here is another copy of the timeline for completeness' sake.

Project Requirements and Timeline

• Required features for final project:
• Can take pulse.
• Can provide information to user on first aid measures.
• Can send a location to a computer or to a mobile device.
• Can take in information from the user on the type of emergency.
• Required features for proof of concept:
• Can provide information to user on first aid measures.
• Can send a location to a computer or a mobile device (IFTTT?).
• Required Parts:
• Particle Photon board (already acquired)
• Glove (optional)
• GPS (optional → too expensive for prototype)
• Pulse Sensor (already acquired)
• Display (Price: $10; url: https://www.adafruit.com/products/338 )
• Some form of input (buttons?)
• Power source
• Rechargeable/Coin?
• Charger (Price:$12.50; url: https://www.adafruit.com/products/259)
• Battery (Price: $10; url: https://www.adafruit.com/products/258 )
• Timeline
• Friday 21st October:
• Complete list of parts to be ordered
• Complete timeline and project planning
• Monday 24th October:
• Order all parts
• Begin researching first aid response to different situations
• Begin experimenting with pulse sensor
• Begin experimenting with sending information (a preset location) to a computer
• Friday 28th October:
• Receive (hopefully) all parts for the project
• Determine how best to fit everything together
• Glove? Wristwatch? Portable device?
• Begin experimenting with display
• Friday 4th November → Proof of Concept Presentation:
• Have something printing to the display
• Have a location being sent from the photon to anything else
• Friday 11th November:
• Start to integrate research on first aid into what is being displayed on the screen
• Begin experimenting external power supply
• Add pulse sensor in some capacity
• Friday 18th November:
• Market research
• What is the problem?
• Why does this solves the problem?
• Who is the target market?
• Projected costs?
• Begin experimenting with user input into the device
• What is the emergency?
• How many are hurt?
• Is it safe yet or are things still dangerous?
• Friday 25th November:
• Clean up loose ends
• Friday 2nd December → Final Presentation of product

What am I doing?

We're not quite sure yet. There's no set specialization for either of us. Which is good! That should foster effective collaboration and communication.