1. Improve on the existing prototype:
Have some elderly to try the exercises and adjust them
2. Have another different idea to use Arduino
3. Two projects: existing prototype & an improved one
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Sunday, 24 March 2013
Problems the elderly face
Problems my grandmother faces in her daily life
- She has hearing problems, so she can't hear the phone ringing or the door bell very well
- She is forgetful at times, and sometimes forgets that she is boiling water or cooking, leading to forgetting to turn off the fire (someone will usually remind her though)
- She doesn't have good balance, hence she has a higher risk of slipping on wet floors after mopping, or in the bathroom
- She doesn't have much strength, hence it is difficult for her to carry heavy things like grocery bags, especially when going up the staircase
- Her eyesight isn't very good, so she needs especially good lighting to read the newspaper and other things
- Her body isn't as flexible as before, so she can't bend down to cut her toenails very well
- Since her eyesight isn't that good anymore, she can't see the expiration date on food products, hence she may be at risk of consuming expired food
- Her hand shakes, so she can't really pull a thread through a needle well for sewing
- The elderly who sit on wheelchairs may be at risk of falling down from it when they are going down slopes
- The elderly who have dementia may forget how to go home sometimes
(The last two don't concern my grandmother but she said it for old folks in general. so yeah.)
:)
- She has hearing problems, so she can't hear the phone ringing or the door bell very well
- She is forgetful at times, and sometimes forgets that she is boiling water or cooking, leading to forgetting to turn off the fire (someone will usually remind her though)
- She doesn't have good balance, hence she has a higher risk of slipping on wet floors after mopping, or in the bathroom
- She doesn't have much strength, hence it is difficult for her to carry heavy things like grocery bags, especially when going up the staircase
- Her eyesight isn't very good, so she needs especially good lighting to read the newspaper and other things
- Her body isn't as flexible as before, so she can't bend down to cut her toenails very well
- Since her eyesight isn't that good anymore, she can't see the expiration date on food products, hence she may be at risk of consuming expired food
- Her hand shakes, so she can't really pull a thread through a needle well for sewing
- The elderly who sit on wheelchairs may be at risk of falling down from it when they are going down slopes
- The elderly who have dementia may forget how to go home sometimes
(The last two don't concern my grandmother but she said it for old folks in general. so yeah.)
:)
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Another problem xD
Hehe so anyway I know we've already sorted through the problems and everything but I just felt like posting this up:
When we take ice cream out of the freezer, the ice cream is really hard and hard to scoop out, and we have to wait for some time before it is soft enough to be scooped out easily.
When we take ice cream out of the freezer, the ice cream is really hard and hard to scoop out, and we have to wait for some time before it is soft enough to be scooped out easily.
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Draft Session
Our focus: Active Aging
Things we talked about today:
1. Needs of the solution
2. Adaptation vs Innovation
Things we talked about today:
1. Needs of the solution
2. Adaptation vs Innovation
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Arduino session 2
What we did today:
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| pill box -> like this, except ours only had one side. |
- we were given a pill box
How to let old people remember to take their pills?
Our solution:
For example, when it is Monday, and the elderly person (I shall call him Grandpa Bob) needs to take 2 pills, the compartment labeled "Monday" will light up, and there will be two buzz sounds to alert Grandpa Bob that he has to take two pills.
Similarly, if it is a Tuesday and Grandpa Bob has to take 3 pills, the compartment labeled "TuesdaY" will light up and there will be three buzzes.
- To make the compartment supposedly light up, we used the Arduino software to program the LEDs to light up.
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| Ok it's quite blur but you can see the bright green thing among all the wires right? That's the LED light :D |
- Then Nadiya went missing for half an hour and me and Joh Ann had to go look for her xD apparently a teacher who recognised her engaged her in a nice friendly chat xD that lasted for half an hour.
Yeah :D
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Arduino Workshop 1
Arduino
- the brain of a device
-cost of an arduino -> $30/10/5
Projects done with arduino
-knock clock
-pong game
-water wastage meter
Different types of shields
can combine
Link with problems
We can use arduino when you have problems finding seats in the hawker centre.
*Go to Raffles Room for the next session
Each pair will have an arduino to work on.
- the brain of a device
-cost of an arduino -> $30/10/5
Projects done with arduino
-knock clock
-pong game
-water wastage meter
Different types of shields
can combine
Link with problems
We can use arduino when you have problems finding seats in the hawker centre.
*Go to Raffles Room for the next session
Each pair will have an arduino to work on.
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