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Personal alarm and step counter for cane

Project Overview

Older adults that require the use of a wheeled walker for day to day motility can cause serious harm to themselves by forgetting to use it. The goal of this project is to design a walker that can notify the user when he/she begins to walk away without it. In addition, the walker should provide useful feedback about the canes usage such as time, total steps taken and cadence. The technology would ideally be transferable to use with other assisted walking devices.

Team Picture

Team members from left to right: William Zuleger, Jared Ness, Rachel O Connell, Yu Liu.
Team members from left to right: William Zuleger, Jared Ness, Rachel O Connell, Yu Liu.

Images

Rachel soldering wires for proximity circuit.
Rachel soldering wires for proximity circuit.
Billy (left) and Alpha (right) writing code for cadence measurement.
Billy (left) and Alpha (right) writing code for cadence measurement.
Field Strength Circuit. Runs on 9V and can pick up on signals 30MHz to 2 GHz based on tuning of potentiometers.
Field Strength Circuit. Runs on 9V and can pick up on signals 30MHz to 2 GHz based on tuning of potentiometers.

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Contact Information

Team Members

  • Rachel O'Connell - Team Leader
  • Yu Liu - Communicator
  • William Zuleger - BSAC
  • Jared Ness - BWIG

Advisor and Client

  • Dr. Tom Yen - Advisor
  • Dr. Jane Mahoney - Client

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