Last week in my meeting with Katie, we were able to get two of my bend sensors to function as a button. This means that there was a solid connection flowing throughout both sensors, but we were still not able …
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Summer Blog 2
This week I continued working with the bend sensor. I made a few more bend sensors trying make them as neat as possible to ensure that the connection flows all the way through. For one of the sensors, I also …
Summer Blog #1
So this summer I am taking a couple of summer courses as well as working part time with Shayan on MuscleMemory. The MuscleMemory Bluetooth Application aims to improve communication between coaches and athletes in a group-based exercise setting by providing …
Week 8
Week 8
So the eighth week of my summer REU program was the Girl Scouts E-textiles camp, and it was a huge success! All the girls got to learn about 3D printing, laser cutting, curcuits, and how to program using …
Week #6
Week #6
I am now heading into the seventh week of my summer REU program and there is only one week left until the Girl Scout camp.
This past week I spent a lot of my time planning out how …
Week #5
Week #5
I am now at the end of my fifth week in my REU summer program and I am finally finished with my Arduino project.
Most of my time this week was geared toward sewing the lilypad parts onto …
Week #4
Officially a month into my summer REU program and I am about ninety percent finished with my Arduino project.
Last week I had a minor problem with my code but after meeting with Katie this week, we were able to …
Week #3
I am now through the third week of my summer REU program and a week closer to the girl scout camp! In my meeting with Katie this week, we discussed the things that I need to get done before the …
Week #2
The second week of my REU summer program went a lot smoother than the first. I’ve gained the basic understanding of how the lilypad and arduino function.
This week I worked a lot mainly with the lilypad buzzer, RGB LED, …
Week #1
Tuesday, May 26th was the first official day of my summer REU program and I was exhilarated! First, my mentor, Dr. Katie Siek, and I downloaded the necessary software to work with the lilypad development board: Arduino, FTDI driver, …