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10 AMAZING NEW YEAR’S PROJECTS
Feature
Enter your goal weight
using the keypad, so
the Raspberry Pi knows
whether to give you grief
A Raspberry Pi is hooked up
to the scale and speakers to
provide audio feedback
E-WHEELCHAIR
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PHIL CASE
Phil Case is an English maker who was
disabled after injuring his C spine
in an accident.
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The E-Wheelchair incorporates a
Cooking Hacks E-Health v2 Sensor
to monitor vital body parameters
(cooking-hacks.com). The
E-Health v2 and sensor
attachments enable the
Raspberry Pi to monitor body
levels, such as blood glucose.
What we have here are some
of the world’s coolest projects
to see you into the new year
If you want to get a little more
serious about monitoring health,
Cooking Hacks’ E-Health v2 sensor
is worth investigating. It enables
you to connect nine sensors to
the Pi to measure blood pressure,
oxygen levels, airflow, body
temperature, and glucose levels,
along with electrocardiogram and
electromyography results.
One Raspberry Pi project maker
making use of the E-Health
sensor is Preston-based Phil
Case, whose life goal is to build an
affordable smart wheelchair. Phil’s
‘E-wheelchair’ is mind-controlled,
using Neurosky MindWave Mobile
and Mindflex EEG products to
measure the user’s brain activity.
The E-Health system is used
to monitor electrocardiogram
levels and blood sugars, and
he plans to implement a body
position sensor.
Phil is raising money towards
the development of his smart
wheelchair project, and a
GoFundMe page can be found for
those looking to be more charitible
in 2016 (gofundme.com/hfymd0).
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