Project Proposal
LED Biking Jacket
This jacket would be primarily for bikers who like biking at night since the jacket would be able to alert other bikers as well as cars where they are on the road. I researched on which field wearable LEDs could be used, and biking was one where there is a lot potential usage of this technology. There are many accidents regarding drivers not being able to see bikers, and while there are jackets that have reflective material on them, there aren’t ones that can tell which direction you’re turning, which would help alert people behind you. this jacket would have LEDs on the back of the jacket that one could control to tell in which direction they are going as well as alert drivers of their position.
LED Pattern Sweater:
The idea behind this sweater is that the user can pick and choose different moving pattens or designs on their sweater to spice up their wardrobe. This interactive sweater is inspired by the different types of light up sweater, that while they do blink lights, they don’t interact with the user itself and can end up being pretty boring. With this sweater the user would be able to interact with sweater, by being able to change the pattern of the LEDs on the sweater as well as make it move to add an extra aspect that one can bring to their fashion.
LED mood bracelet:
This project can be used by anyone but would be mostly catered toward children with issues of anxiety. This bracelet is meant to tell you when your stress level might be too high and you might need a break. Though there are many bands that do this, this one would show you with a two simple colors, red and green, that your stress level is too high. This would be very useful for kids since they don’t yet fully understand how to handle their emotions and a simple bracelet that tells them to cool off would be a huge help in their lives. The bracelet could even show some relaxing light patters to help the child cool down when they are in these stages of stress. Using a heartbeat sensor it would be very easy for anyone to use and would be a big help to kids who are still too young to know what to do in these very stressful situations.