Frogger

Inspiration

 A major concern in densely populated cities is the safety of both pedestrians and cyclists on the road, that's why we decided to approach this with new mindset.

What it does

 The Frogger is a safety wearable device for both cyclists and pedestrians that takes feedback from their gestures and outputs signals through LEDs which alert cars on the road.

How we built it

 We used a combination of Myo for analyzing the gestures from the user, raspberry pi to serve as a web server, and Arduino to control the entire mechanism.

Challenges we ran into

 Cross-platform integration.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

 Completing the UI and backend design in the given time.

What we learned

 WHEN IN DOUBT, PUSH (source control)

What's next for Frogger

 Making the device waterproof, adding more features such as, better twilio integration, developing the native android app,  adding more gestures, adding weather updates.

Built With

Submitted to

WearHacks Kitchener Waterloo 2016
- Winner Top 5 Projects

Created by

Raj and I were in change of testing the hardware, writing the code for controlling the outputs, testing the sensors, and troubleshooting Arduino connections, amongst others.

Miguel Lopez
Miguel and I worked on the hardware(arduino) portion of this project. We did the hardware design and the LED algorithms i.e turn left/right, randomizer etc...

Raj Lad
I was responsible for making a native iOS app and also a web app that both integrate with Frogger. They were both capable of writing different values to the device (such as color, brightness, etc) and sending messages to friends/family members with location information using twilio framework.

Salman Jalali
I worked on the server in NodeJS that was used on a Raspberry Pi. The server took requests from the MyoBand, interpreted these requests and then sent them over to the Flora for the lights.

Agaba Nkuuhe
The concept is my own based on some past work with sensors and my life travels most recently in China. I learned that before the event I should write tech specs, feature sets, test radio usage devices (myo) ahead of time with other devices before hand.

Alex Mackinnon
Canadian, team members who wish to join bring more than your laptop no leaches allowed
Tom Sun

Updates

Alex Mackinnon posted an update — Mar 21, 2016 01:49 PM EDT

Miguel Lopez:I am having to rewrite your code completely as you did not follow the spec. The next time you want to ride on others coat tails have the courage you GOOF to say it my face when the room is not crowded.

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Alex Mackinnon posted an update — Mar 20, 2016 07:26 PM EDT

I have to say that the comments by one member on my rudeness after the show. You should have the courage of your convictions to leave before the contest is judged or the good manners to shake a persons hand when they provide you with the idea and the hardware.

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Alex Mackinnon posted an update — Mar 20, 2016 06:57 PM EDT

I do not think I would use the Myo again for wearable project or other hackathon event. The sponsor was nice to seen them but no advisors even though the officers are in the same city.

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Miguel Lopez started this project — Mar 20, 2016 10:15 AM EDT

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