- The Swipe Light
As someone who enjoys working at my desk, whether doing schoolwork, watching shows, or playing video games, I enjoy using my desk. However, my setup is a little dull and could use some upgrades. I suggest putting LED lights around my setup to make it look more appealing. But not just any LEDs. These will be “interactive LEDs” that will use a motion sensor on the right side of the desk near the mouse. The sensor will be used to read my hand movements on the desk, such as swiping up and down, swiping left and right, or double tapping the desk, making the LEDs react differently. Specifically, swiping right will change the colors of the overall LEDs, and swiping left will bring it back to the previous color, then swiping up and down will increase or decrease the brightness. I think this project is specific to younger people who enjoy having LEDs around their workspace, which I know many people do nowadays.
- Visual Alarm
Often times I have trouble getting out of bed in the morning or after a nap. I would like to use LEDs to create a visual to assist the user in waking up. The LEDs will work together with the alarm in the user’s phone to start the “good morning” visual.” when the alarm goes off, the LEDs will turn on, making the area brighter and harder to sleep in, which should assist in waking up. The LEDs will also have other functions, such as a snooze mode. When you hit snooze on the Alarm, the LEDs will stop the “good morning” visual and turn a soft color so the user knows the alarm is on snooze.
- Talking Clock
The Talking Clock uses LEDs to display the time and other messages visually. The other messages could be what has to be done later in the day or the weather. But the messages will slide across the screen similar to how they do in banks and train stations. But this will be different as it will be interactive with your iphone. It will include an app with tasks, weather and other things that need to be visually displayed. Essentially, taking the virtual information and visually displaying it via LEDs.
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