Prospector

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  Sound sensor

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  Prototype

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  Assemble1

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  Assemble2

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  Assemble3

Inspiration

In the future, exploring space is a promising idea. On an unexplored planet, we don't know what we are facing. It might be some unexpected lava or some falling rocks. So, we thought to develop a module that can be implemented to Asntroanuts' suits. Interesting Scene(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Nn3un45qw&feature=youtu.be)

What it does

It's equipped with various sensors. 1. It can detect the temperature. If the temperature is too high, the module would alarm the astronaut by beeping. 2. It can detect the brightness. If it's getting dark suddenly, and the brightness drops below a threshold, the module would also alarm. 3. It can detect an object within a range. If the object (such as a 10 feet tall rabbit) is getting too close to the astronaut, the module will beep. 4. The module is also equipped with accelerometer, gyroscope. It will help the astronaut record valuable information about a new planet and report the astronaut's location to HQ just in case he or she got lost.

How we built it

We used Arduino

Challenges we ran into

We planned to use the Dragon Board 410c as a server. However, we failed to implement Arduino libraries to the board since it's Linux. We even tried to build a web server, but we were unfamiliar with GCP

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We made it work!

What's next for Prospector

We can still add more sensors such as a color sensor to the module. Moreover, if we can borrow the Dragon Board 410c with Android system in the future, we want to add a webcam to the module. By using Vuforia, this module can even help the astronaut to identify an object. We even planned to use Google Cloud Platform as a server to analyze the data collected from the module. However, if we had more hackathon experiences, we would have hooked up the website, web server, and the module together.

Built With

• arduino