TC_Chu's Point

實境增強地圖 (Digital Enhanced Map)

 

利用數位墨點將GPS資訊印在一般的地圖上 然後利用光學讀寫頭讀出資訊在LCD上把更詳細的資料提供給使用者 甚至可以用Laser把目前位置打在地圖上(有點Overkill) 這樣可以達到見樹又見林的好處

Remote Health Detection of Elderly Person

It is a device that put on top of the stool in bathroom. It monitor the duration and how elderly use the stool , based on the data the machine will send out warning message if the data are not normal.

甲蟲王與博物館

 

http://mushiking.com/index.html

忽然一個主意閃過腦袋　小朋友不是很喜歡玩甲蟲王嗎?　其實博物館也可以引進這樣的概念　把一些主要的展示品也設寄出一些卡片　並且在展品前也有一台機器可以讓小朋友對戰及講解展示品　不是很好嗎?

OpenIDEO

http://openideo.com/

Join openideo to solve interesting design issue.

影像Based 將醫療資訊Upload

使用手機拍下個人醫療儀器的測量值 上傳至Server作判讀並儲存

Twitter Watch (A Real Watch)

A watch that sense the people's motion then  send out message to Twitter.
There are 5 Button on the Watch that tell where you are.
At Home/In Transportation/At Office/Eating/Resting
Other message are generate randomly from the Gyro & Acceleration sensor.

People Watcher (2)

When elder people went into Bath Room,Robot will sit beside the Door and Listen to Un-Usually Sound patten & wait for specific time. If people went into bath room for too long. Robot will nock the door or generate sound. If robot "hear" some un-usual sound patten . Robot will also nock the door or generate sound. If there is no respons from the people. Robot will make emergency call.
Sound like a real "Watch Dog".

Challenge Point 1 : How does robot know people went into the bath room ?

Challenge Point 2 : What is "Un-Usual" sound & How long to wait for ?

People Watcher

Purpose : Look after people especially elderly people's activity at home. To activate alarm when people are falling down.

Method : Use Differential Image to remove the background and tracking the moving parts of the Image (that is the people). Use 2D model to abstract the people's image and get the estimation of the people's gesture. Add a thermal image or remote temperature sensor or Microphone array to confirm the people's location.(No use in the bath room or kitchen) . And once the system found the people is falling down. It will generate noise to wake up the people. If there is no respone from the people, it will call out for help.

Technology Challenge :
Aware of People won't disapper even he or she is not moving.(Become background) Like siting or reading or watching TV or Sleeping.
Model of people's gesture image. (Maybe Multiple camera can make better estimation)

Lego NXT Smart Sensor Idea

I2C on NXT is very slowly. 9600bps.
If I need 6 IR Appriximate sensor's value, I need to read 6 time and send a lot of data. The simpleset solution is to use a MCU to integrade the 6 sensor and NXT can initilized every sensor's threshold. Say Front and Back are 50cm and Front-Left,Front-Right,Back-Left,Back-Right is 20cm the all we need is to read 1 byte back (0: Under threshold 1: Over threshold). If you need more threshold control maybe we can alocate 2 bit for each sensor. So it is still 2 byte. It will save a lot of time and much easy to make decision on NXT.
At least we can provide different mode of operation on Group of Sensor.

糞金龜上月球

剛剛看Discovery提到上月球採礦的挑戰 我忽然有的Idea是學糞金龜 對月球土壤噴上一種黏液 然後就跟糞金龜一樣的把球滾大 這樣子就不需要去挖掘 挖掘就會有灰塵的問題(雖然月球沒風)而且像昆蟲般的腳在月球的沙地上應該也比較容易行走 因為是把負載滾成球 所以在搬動上應該也比較省力 胡思亂想 留個紀錄

PS.或許是個好玩的Project用NXT來做　"推球的NXT" 因為球會越來越大因此不能用個夾子包圍球　只能推著球跑

GPS Tracking + 2D Bar Code Camera

Desgin a GPS Traking device with a Camera .
The camera is just use for Read the 2D Bar-Code.
Define a 2D Bar-code to store the GPS location data.
So any GPS traking device with Camera can scan the bar code  parse the data and store it for latter use.

將RFID裝在拖鞋中

偵測家中老人的活動 但是又不會破壞隱私權
把RFID裝在拖鞋中 然後每個門都裝上Reader
這樣就可以同時偵測多個人的活動了
當然啦 前提是要穿上拖鞋
在浴室就不能用了
偏偏浴室是比較容易發生意外的地方

Reader : RFID Tag Reader + XBee

Tag : Just Tag

PC : XBee + Control Software

喬高科技有這樣的Solution Demo

網站Idea , Reverse 104

過去找工作是需求的公司Pay --> WebSite
然後找工作的人Search.
公司要付錢
以目前的情勢來看L型的衰退是逃不過了
因此供需相反了
還是由需求的公司Post ---> WebSite
但是
找工作的人要Bid for your Job.
聽起來有點殘酷
不過市場..就是這樣

看雜誌買東西

Nekore Home Page

早在2年前就在手機上開發類似的東西
只是我們要雜誌印特別的碼在雜誌上
不過如果用Magazine,IssueNo,PageNo
其實Server就可以抓出Page上的商品
然後在手機上選就可以了
半Push半Pull
User Expereicen應該還OK吧.

Anyway, My Idea really sound.

2006 Feb 手機購物?

Book Reader

這樣子 小朋友就可以自己聽自己想要看的書了

Dynamic 2D Bar Code for Certification

Image Captuer Digital Frame

昨天晚上做夢
夢見一個神奇的數位相機
應該說是數位像框
他的LCD螢幕不用的時候是透明的
你可以將它噹成個框 透過它看到的東西
都可以Capture 下來
也可以當成一般的LCD螢幕

Home Messanger

自動吃飯機

Mixed-on the road-MP3

Why not create a MP3 to let people mix music on the road. Instead of mix on computer.

SMS to Speech Server

For Blind people or Senior Citizen who don't/cannot use SMS.

省能源的路燈

News Source
Original Home Page
這是一個因著月光改變路燈亮度的設計
很好笑吧 居然到21世紀的今天我們才想到
其實也不這樣啦

常常產品的成本被看的太重要
而沒有去看好的設計所省下來的周邊的成本
成本應該是以"整個產品的生命週期"來看
而不單單只看生產的成本
設計,生產,使用,回收,銷毀
都應該是成本的ㄧ部分才對
其實台灣應該從產品的生命週期來看成本

建立一套全新的生產規範 別去Follow人家的ISO xxxxx.

吃藥提醒與計錄機

生病時有時都會忘記剛剛到底有吃過藥了沒 所以我想只要在一般的感冒藥例如菩拿疼的鋁薄包裝上家上電子連線 然後在邊緣上加上電子連接的Connector Pad 接上一台小小的機器 就可以利用打開藥包裝時 計錄當時的年月日時分 那麼忘記的話就可以看到底是何時吃了那棵藥了 如果加上喇叭就可以發出聲音提醒你吃藥了

台北市該有的無線氣候監控網路

最近這幾年台北市的空氣品質真的越來越差了 現在的我比較喜歡下雨天因為下雨過後 空氣品質好多了 我建議中研院或是那個有錢的單位 趕快建設類似的網路 將來我想在世界各國都有需要 建設與監控和分析的KnowHow應該會值很多$$

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