Yamp

*YaWn-* Your ultimate night light companion: Yamp. Not only does it physically remind you to sleep, it also syncs with your body to pass on that contagious tiredness for a good night's rest.

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Inspiration

We're no strangers to the term "contagious yawning", so why not turn a boring beside gadget into something interactive and unique? When you see someone tired, you'd also feel tired and hey the next thing you know, you reaaaally wanna sleep.

What it does

It talks with your bestie's voice (or a youtube math lecture, whichever) that soothes your innate core for you to doze off amidst the hum of yap. And surprise surprise it also YAWNS (and blinks while looking super tired)! Of course its not a night light if it doesn't glow but with a twist- it glows at a steady rhythm for your heartbeat to sync to.

How we built it

Using cardboard, arduino, tape, heart, blood, sweat and tears.

Challenges we ran into

Some problems:

  • Voice clone API favours the rich
  • Cardboard is (unfortunately) not skin-ly
  • Making AI hallucinate stories for gaslighting purposes ## Accomplishments that we're proud of We made it through the 3 days. ## What we learned Resilience is Brilliance ## What's next for Yamp Number one priority: make it prettier. Number two priority: make it work better.

https://github.com/cyufang/wth-2025

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