Project BASICS

Description

A minimalistic approach towards solving the pressing problems faced by people , that should have been corrected by now, but haven't because, well, they can't afford the solutions. The overall goal is to basically improve the standard of living of the people in developing and underdeveloped countries. This was a finalist at the Intel IRIS Sci Fair ( The Indian version of ISEF ). SInce this stuff is open source , all the proceedings have been published in international , open source journals. (Link to everything in my ResearchGate profile).

Details

Project “AWAAZ” essentially uses a set of strategically (based on crypto graphical analysis of words) placed momentary tactile switches on a wearable system that sends characters or phrases to an Arduino board that processes the respective hand movement to form letters and words out of it. The Arduino board is programmed in such a way that it is capable of emulating an HID keyboard of the device that is attached. The letters are then sent to my app that converts the text to speech using standard Android based text to speech conversion system that doesn’t require any internet connection through a third party word prediction software (reduces time by 32%). The system is designed to draw charge directly from the phone battery hence it doesn’t need any external power source, has a 100% accuracy rate and doesn’t have any limitations regarding connectivity. It also allows easy hand mobility with low finger stress, easily replaceable parts, and is developed inside a budget of 450 Rupees.

Project BATEYE fundamentally uses an ultrasonic sensor mounted on to a wearable pair of glasses that measures the distance to the nearest object and relays it to an Arduino board. The Arduino board then processes the measurements and then plays a tone (150-15000Hz) for the respective distance (2cm to 4m) till the data from the second ultrasonic pulse (distance) comes in, and then the same process gets repeated. This cycle is repeated almost every 5 milliseconds. The person hears sound that changes according to the distance to the nearest object. The head provides a 195-degree swivel angle and the ultrasonic sensor detects anything within a 15-degree angle. Using systematic, cognitive and computational approach of neuroscience, with the hypothesis that the usage of the occipital lobe of blind people goes into processing other sensory feedback., and using the brain as a computational unit, the machine relies on the brain processing the tone produced every 14 mS to its corresponding distance and producing a soundscape corresponding to the tones and the body navigating using the same. During experimentation, the test subject could detect obstacles as far away as 2 – 3m, with horizontal or vertical movements of the head the blindfolded test subject could understand the basic shape of objects without touching them, and the basic nature of the obstacles.

ResearchGate GitHub repository

Files

Maze compressed.mp4

Bateye Run 2 E 1.mp4

Published paper.pdf: Published research paper ( Project Bateye)

Bateye- Research paper.pdf: Updated research paper - after publication

IEEE Project AWAAZ.pdf: Research paper documenting research done on Project AWAAZ