Three peas in a pod

Inspiration

We were inspired by video games, and how they have location-based music tracks. Additionally, some museums have interactive exhibits that could be connected to a service to enable smart exhibits.

What it does

Our jacket would be capable of playing audio that is paired with coordinates. It is also capable of just playing audio as headphones.

How we built it

We used a Raspberry Pi as the brain of our design, it connects to three buttons for audio control, as well as internet service Twilio for the sending of information related to the current audio track playing. It also connects to a speaker for audio output. Ideally, the speakers would be smaller and would be placed in the hood of the jacket

Challenges we ran into

We had difficulty finding components for our first iterations of the design.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

The text messaging functionality and database is scalable.

What we learned

We learned how Python enables hardware GPIO access on the Raspberry Pi.

Production Improvements

The next steps to a complete product would be miniaturization. Mounting the processor onto a small card, and the buttons onto a flex-PCB would make the project truly wearable.

Presentation Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qslFzLaLDFhffD6Ye1jNezELqApca-p98cJegqC550c/

Video Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MCa67VkLTELKK6J1O1ZdA4wF5UmqZO0l/view?usp=sharing