17. Applications and implications

This week was about answering some important questions about the Final Project.

What will it do?

What my project is going to do is provide parents a way to know their children emotions everytime. This by using an application and the device that connects with the emotions.

Who's done what beforehand?

  • Educational Tools for Emotional Literacy: Various educational tools and resources have been developed to help children understand and manage their emotions.
  • Emotion Recognition Technologies: The project builds on the existing field of emotion recognition, a significant area of study for psychologists like Paul Ekman. Ekman developed the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) to identify facial expressions associated with different emotions.
  • Educational Tools for Emotional Literacy: Various educational tools and resources have been developed to help children understand and manage their emotions.
  • Interactive Devices and Wearables: Prior work in creating interactive devices and wearables for children includes various projects aimed at promoting emotional and social skills.

What will you design?

  • The 3D printed "box" of the device.
  • The MDF structure
  • The Neopixel Matrix
  • The patterns to show on the Neopixel matrix
  • The PCB
  • The application to see the data.

What materials and components will be used?, Where will come from? and How much will they cost?

Qty Description Price Where
1 3D filament white $25.00 Amazon
40 Neopixel $8 MercadoLibre
1 LiPo 5000 mAh battery 10.00 $ MercadoLibre
1 3mm MDF $5 On HomeDepot
5 Touch sensor $5 MercadoLibre
20 Female to Female dupont cables $5 Amazon

Gran Total: $58 USD

What parts and systems will be made?

I'm designing almost everything on this project. The list of things that I'm designing are:

  • The 3D printed "box" of the device.
  • The MDF structure
  • The Neopixel Matrix
  • The patterns to show on the Neopixel matrix
  • The PCB
  • The application to see the data.
About systems, the application that connects with the XIAO and the database, is the system that I made.

What processes will be used?

The processes that are being used are:

  • Computer aided desing
  • 3D printing
  • Laser cutting
  • Milling of PCB
  • Soldering
  • Embedded programming
  • Creating of an application
  • Programming of databases and python coding.

How will it be evaluated?

I think if the project is working we can check the next:

  • The neopixel matrix working.
  • The send of the emotion to the database.
  • The correct display of the emotions on the app.