Hargrove & Soto

OUR SOLUTIONS

           We have designed a wearable device that will allow its wearer to be notified about features of objects that they are passing by. Often times new office buildings can be intimidating. Without someone to guide us around, we may never even realize that we have arrived at our destination. RFID Notification would let the wearer know when they have come in close proximity to their destination.

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            Radio Frequency Identification(RFID) is commonly found in libraries and retail stores. They often involve a system of antennas, some powered(active) and some not(passive), to determine what objects have passed by. In libraries, books carry unique passive antennas and as they pass through larger powered antennas, the libraries can tell what book has passed through its gates. We hope to use this technology embedded with Bluetooth, to program a user’s own active antenna to recognize when it reaches preprogrammed locations. We would like to temporarily install our antennas in discrete locations within the Salazar Electrical Engineering Department. 

            

           After months of research our team has successfully designed and tested an indoor location device utilizing Siri. Pictured below is PCB populated with the essential components needed to demonstrate our concept. We have great pride in our product and accomplished deliverable.

The next phases would be to house the PCB to protect the sensitive electronics and come up with a discrete rechargeable power source.