Shoe Project Circuit-Project X
Here is a picture of a project I took part in at UCL with current Engineering students. We built and coded a shoe for blind people that would buzz if an obstruction was in the way. Although we had a plan to start, the plan evolved as we went along and our end goal kept changing as we found new ways to improve it e.g. changing the intensity of the vibration depending on how far the obstruction was.
Micro:bit Piano-Mark 1
Here is another project I took part in for which I received a Silver CREST Award. As a team, we managed to code and create a fully functioning instrument.I initially created a code using the inputs already on the microbit, but I had to re-program the microbit to accept different inputs using the pins, which was challenging as I had not done so before. This experience made me understand the creative aspect of Engineering, as we came across a lot of challenges that we couldn’t predict or calculate. In theory everything was supposed to work, it didn’t the first time around and required minor adjustments.
Micro:bit Piano-Mark 2
Once we created the paper piano we decided that it was too flimsy and difficult to press the keys and chose to make a new and improved version of it the Mark 2 here as you can see it was actually given a body made of cardboard where we could store all the wiring and electronics to make it look a little neater and it also has a space to store the speaker making it more portable. the added extra rigidity of the keys also made the piano itslef much easier to play.
Arduino Car-Robotics & AI society
Here is the first project that i built when i joined the Robotics and AI society at my university, it has an ultrasonic sensor that can detect if there are any obstructions in its way and it will stop and change direction till it detects theres no obstuction and then will begin to move forward again. It is powered by 2 servos that move together in order to make sure that it travels in a straight line, and when it comes across an obsruction they will begin to move in opposite directions to turn. I had so much fun that I applied to be on the committee and am now the Educational Officer and have ran my own Arduino sessions teaching more people about the Arduino since.
