GoVote

Inspiration

What it does

Tells users how many voting booths are still available at that location and/or how many people are in line waiting. This allows users to see how busy it is before they leave to go vote.

How I built it

An ultrasonic sensor is placed on the door frame. Because we usually walk on the right, depending on the distance the sensor picks up we can count how many people walk in and how many walk out. That information was then transferred to python where we can show the user how many booths are available or how many people are in line.

Challenges I ran into

We ran into challenges sending information from the arduino to python, and reading information from the sensor.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

We were able to write our very first code in python, with no prior experience with the language.

What I learned

We wrote our very first code in python, and learned how to use an ultrasonic sensor. For one of our team members this was the first code she has ever written.