The Earing-Aid

Final Setup
Final Setup: Top View
Creating the organic ear in blender
Painting the ear once it was printed
Finishing painting, and preparing for drilling
Final working code

What's the big idea?

Don't you hate it when you're trying to enjoy a movie in your home, but someone keeps talking over it? Say goodbye to that problem with the Earing-Aid!

Watch it in action!

How's it work?

When the Earing-Aid detects someone talking during a movie, it activates a servo to raise the volume of the movie. Soon, all your problems will be quiet compared to the movie, and you'll be able to enjoy your night once again!

How I built it

I began by assembling the Arduino board and electronics. I worked in the Arduino compiler to create the code behind the project, using GitHub as a learning resource.

Once I had a working code, I began to create the holster and the ear. I started by downloading Blender, and teaching myself with some youtube tutorials.

Once I had created the ear holster, I was able to 3D print it overnight and woke up early to paint.

After assembling the whole thing, I had fun creating a video using Adobe Premiere.

What I learned

Some of the skills I learned include operating servos using Arduino, organic 3D Modeling in Blender, and I was able to build on my skillset of video editing.