CaNine-One-One

Inspiration

We started with the idea of an automated life alert when someone falls down; however, a device like that has already been created. Brainstorming more, we took notice of an organization PatriotPaws and how service dogs were trained. We then realized that in the case of an emergency, service dogs may not be able to find someone nor contact emergency. Therefore, we decided to reimagine our idea to apply to service animals.

What it does

The CaNine One One is a wearable device for service dogs that when activated will send an automated phone call to either relatives or emergency services, letting them know that their owner is in danger.

How we built it

We used a Raspberry Pi Pico W, breadboard, button, passive buzzer, and a gyroscopic sensor(MPU6050).

Challenges we ran into

The biggest challenge was finding solutions to practically everything, from connecting to the Twilio API, connecting to the wifi using the Raspberry Pi, and making the phone call go through.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Our biggest accomplishment is getting all the different parts and aspects to work cohesively enough to make this hack work. As a majority beginner team, we did not have all the knowledge necessary at the beginning of this hack. However, learning the things we did and making this project work felt like a huge accomplishment to us because we were not sure we could do it in the first place. Making a phone call occur because of the motion of the Raspberry Pi feels like such a wild thing that we can't believe we were able to accomplish, and so we are extremely proud of our accomplishment of simply making this project work.

What we learned

1. How to read and interpret data from the MPU6050.
2. How to connect a Raspberry Pi Pico W to the local internet.
3. How to access and initiate an automated message using the Twilio client.

What's next for CaNine-One-One

The next obvious improvements for CaNine-One-One are to make a PCB design and connect to cellular services. After that, a more specific improvement is allowing the user to calibrate the alert angle to their dog's range of mobility.

Built With

• breadboard
• button
• gyroscopic
• passive-buzzer
• raspberry-pi-pico-w
• twilio