Inspiration
We like juggling together, but keeping track of the best score and overall progression is quite tricky. We aimed to help people start their juggling adventure by creating hardware that helps tracking how quickly they're learning and potentially teaches them correct techniques and gives them opportunity to train together online.
What it does
One of the balls connects to a device via Bluetooth and sends data related to how we juggle. We are using it to count how many times the juggler tossed the balls, but the possibilities are endless. Pattern, time-of-flight, time-in-hand, rotation- you name it!
How we built it
We used a generic accelerometer to detect when a ball is tossed up. With that hardware we could potentially measure different parameters such as height of the throw or frequency of throws. Currently the only data we show on the fronted is number of full 3-ball cycles.
Challenges we ran into
The main challenge was to filter noise from the acceleration data. We managed to get reliable readout which matches the juggling pattern.
What's next for Digital Juggling
We aim to take the idea further and read full statistics of the juggling balls and enable the user to learn different patterns. The Digital Juggling app could give user suggestions on how to improve their technique and challenge them with unusual exercises. We want to make juggling a twenty-first century hobby with RGB diodes coordinated to the pattern rhythm.
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