udeepak
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8 years ago Extra info(didn't have a field for this information): The main projects for this session would include 1) Luggage tracker(see where your bag has reached in the airport conveyor belt and get a notification when it is near you) 2)Drawing in the air 3) Get notified when someone tries to steal your stuff and track down that person without any Internet connection; for example, track down your switched off phone 4) Track your child's movement and driving speed,etc. 5) Easily get back to your car even in places where you don't have any GPS 6) Get notified before your food spills in the trunk 7) Keep a track of your exercising 8) DIY fire extinguisher Rover for your home
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[ ID ] 3686c783-527c-437c-8a6c-39eeda1c5f34
[ Submitter's Name ] Deepak Upendra [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] BoMoTix [ Submitter's Twitter ] @udeepak
[ Space ] youth [ Secondary Space ] science
[ Format ] demo, learning-lab, hands-on
Description
Participants would get an opportunity to work with sensors with just basic understanding of any programming language. They would be working with various sensors (accelerometer, Gyroscope, Proximity sensor, etc.) to make many innovative projects like luggage tracker, drawing in the air, etc. using sensors. If I get a Learning Lab session or a Hands-on-workshop, the people will make new stuff, whereas, if I get a Demo/Lightning talk stall, they would get to see various cool projects and would also get an instruction manual to make cool projects using sensors on their own.
The participants would be working on simple projects like exercise tracker, walking tracker, etc. if I get an opportunity to have a learning lab, more complex stuff if I get the Hands-On-Workshop and get to see and obtain a manual with instructions to make the cool projects if I get a demo/lightning talk session.
Agenda
I would be bringing 10 sensor boards which would be having various sensors like accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, temperature monitor, etc. which the users can use in their own projects if I get the Hands-on-workshop or learning lab, with the APIs, etc. that makes the job of developing something really easy. I would also be making several projects including Luggage tracker(which notifies you when your luggage is nearing you in an airport's Baggage Conveyor, or notifies you when someone is trying to steal your luggage, etc.), Drawing in the air using sensors, etc.
If I get an opportunity for a hands-on-workshop, the participants would be able to make their own fire fighting rover which would automatically detect fire anywhere in the house and extinguish it without damaging itself; no matter how big the fire is! This can be a DIY project which they can themselves build for their houses.
Participants
I would be carrying with me around 10 sensor modules which would have various sensors. If I have about 3-10 participants, I would give each one a sensor which they can use to make their cool projects; if there are more than 10 participants, I would be forming teams among who have similar ideas and give each of the teams a sensor; and if there are many more people (more than 10 teams), I would have the sensors with me, whenever someone wants to test out their project, they can collect one sensor, test their project and return the sensor for the next team to test their project.
If I get a lightning talk session, the number of people wouldn't matter because they get to see the cool projects built using sensors(and even use it in the stall) and would get an instruction manual which would contain all the information to make cool projects.
Outcome
The learning I would get would most probably be that of the Questions that the participants (mostly the youth) will ask, and the suggestions that the experienced would give. That would allow me to make more cool projects and give out instruction manuals so that everyone can become comfortable developing stuff with sensors and can build their own stuff.
As participants, they can get the instruction manuals and possibly, the hands-on experience in working with the sensors. The sensors boards that I would be bringing are very small in size (size of a coin cell) and can be used by the participants for making the smallest of the stuff like even wearable. These come with several APIs for Raspberry Pi, Android, etc which makes it easy to develop their own projects much easier. The best part, the sensors are very cheap (about $50 for all the sensors together).