Projects:
RSquare Motion (US, August 20018)
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RSquare Motion is a general purpose activity and motion tracking device with focus on low power consumption and long term of activity tracking with a single charge of battery. It is also designed to be a low cost open source motion tracking solution for everyone who targets to a professional developing platform to implement activity based applications and interfaces. The RSquared Motion device is based on NXP MK64 micro-controller equipped with an TDK 9-axis IMU sensor, a secondary Analog Devices Accelerometer, to enable low power mode and longer data collection, a microSD card slot for easy access to large flash storage media. Squared Motion is also compatible with Hexiwear Platform. The RSquared Motion project includes a Hexiwear compatible platform that expands your Hexiwear device capabilities allowing the user to have SD card flash storage, independent RTC clock and secondary 9-axis IMU sensor and extra battery. The RSquared Motion device designed and developed at UMASS Lowell as part of research in classifying human body motion patterns using LSTM neural networks based model and energy expend-
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WTHM-Node (US, December 20017)
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This device is part of a particular academic research project in the area of monitoring wind turbines life span. WTHM-Node is one component of a sensory system that developed at UMASS Lowell called WTHM (Wind-Turbine Health Monitor). WTHM-Node plays the role of a multi-sensor slave device, which communicates with a master gateway control device, revealing motion, orientation, acoustic and environmental data for further processing. This sensor node accompanies with 8 more sensor nodes in the inner side of a wind turbine providing real-time data remotely. Hardware and software are designed in such a way to consume as less as possible power making insignificant current leak from the generated power of the turbine in a year term use of WTHM system.
MIT - ENI Safety++ Project (US, December 2015)
MIT Mobile Experience Lab and MIT Design Lab teams cooperate with ENI global petrol company in order to develop advanced wearable technology capable to prevent workers accidents launching the project "Safety++". The Undershirt++ subproject is part of the Safety++ ecosystem embeds a series of bio-sensors and a well-designed haptic feedback system that captures major health bio-signals and permits tactile communication with the user. Undershirt++ consists an innovative idea to prevent accidents in industrial environments such as gas production factories. Undershirt++ monitors heart rate, respiration, skin temperature and perspitration of the human body incorporating the appropriate sensors integrated to one board that it is called "BioMonitor Board". It is a PCB board capable to caputre and multiplex multiple vital body signals and share these data to them to a mesh network. The mesh network is implemented by other workers who wear the same smart undershirts being connected each other and being notified for any urgent health incident that is happening to their coworkers.
HealthMet (US, October 2014)
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It is well-known that bikers wear helmets in order to prevent any serious damage of their head when an accident happens. However, the problem of bike accidents in a city still exists. The current helmets can not eliminate it. A team of engineers recruited at MIT Medial Lab during the DDI 2014 Hackthon in order to propose another approach about how bike accidents which are caused by car drivers could be avoided. Rethinking the original use case of a bike helmet, the HealthMet Team decided to change the purpose of use of the bike helmet. The idea of a smart helmet that it is able to prevent bike accidents utilizing Bluetooth and Wi-Fi tecnologies, presented. The HealthMet is a sensor-enhanced helmet, that notifies car drivers or pedestrians about bikers actions (turning, deceleration, proximity from cars, etc) utilizing Bluetooth and WiFi signals and visual LED lights. Finally, the HealthMet idea introduces a way that bikers and cars can communicate direct each other and reduce the possibility of an accident.
Mike's Aid Kit (US, October 2014)
This particular Aid kit is oriented to upper-limb amputees. It includes few wearable solutions that they are capable to address daily challenges of myoelectric bionic prosthetic limb users. As a result of moisture which is produced inside of the socket of the prosthetic arm, the electrodes are short-circuited. Then, the myoelectric sensors recieve no signal and the bionic hand does not operate properly. The Socket Sock as a solution, it is able to sustain high level of conductivity between musles and electrodes using conductive fabric. ALso, the rest of the sock is made by sport wicking fabric in order to decrease sweat. Moreover, that sock is capable to reduce dramatically the effort and the time of putting on and taking off. In addition, donning and doffing the sleve of a jacket is another challenge for amputees. The protective sillicon glove of the robotic hand sticks on almost any fabric. Introducing a solution as the SleeveAid, we can improve drastically donning and doffing process. Embeding a Bluetooth 4.0 grip-chip in that accessory, we created a circular base on the top side of the SleeveAid making it accessible for the Bluetooth antenna of the prosthetic arm. Furthermore, The Cool Bracelet is a mini cooling system that is designed in order to exhaust actively humidity from socket area and cool down the residual limb automatically without violating the warranty of the prosthetic arm vendor. Mike's Aid Kit project was part of MIT Open Style Lab summer program (summer 2014).
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Smart Spirometer (US, April 2014)
Smart Spirometer is smartphone-enabled spirometer able to measure FEV,PEF,FVC,FIF and FEF spirometric factors accurately. It is designed to be robust and easy to use by everyone without the need of manual. That Project developed for Respi Inc. as an early stage prototype of a low cost spirometer. There is applied a unique and patentable air flow measuring technique being capable to serve accurate values. Smart Spirometer designed to be durable without mechanical parts and also, compatible with 3rd party dispossable mouthpieces. Furthermore, it developed to be a medical monitoring device, fully compliant with ATS (American Thoracic Society) regulations. It is made for personal monitoring from asthmatics and COPD patients. Smart Spirometer is compatible with iPhone 5 and 5S via lightning connector with no need for extra batteries.
GluBand (US, July 2014)
GluBand project is inspired by the lack of empowering diabetics in order to keep tracking their glucose levels. Giving direct feedback to the patients about their glucose continuesly, they can be empowered working out more and eating sugar free meals. As common knowledge, people respond immidiately to realtime events. The GluBand bracelet is capable to prvide continnuesly and non-invasively glucose level monitoring in favor of the glucose sensor. Also, an embeded pedometer can track exercising activities and estimate calories showing for example how outdoor activities affect the glucose levels. GluBand can be considered as a particular efficient and easy to use fitness tracker for diabetics.
WristRF (US, January 2014)
Current patient registration system of hospitals requires all the registered patients to wear a paper wristband with a unique printed barcode on it. Barcodes on paper wristbands compose a very robust registration system. WristRF defines an alternative idea in order to replace the existing barcode-wristband method with a new type of Bluetooth-enabled wristband. Any hospital staff can distinguish each patient and deliver the exact medication or update patient's health record by distance of 1 meter without the need to scan their wrist. That technology simplifies the complexity of the current barcode scanning equipment with just a smartphone or tablet. Presented as a proof of concept at MIT Media Lab
StomatoPod (US, August 2013)
The particular project is based on foot pressure in order to study different walking patterns by illuminating their perimeter. LED strips are stuck in the outer side of the shoes to provide feedback. They blink different patterns depending on the stepping force. Each shoe communicates with the other using wireless transsimion so as to update the current state of user steps and changing the illumination characteristics. This project has started for fun but it could be developed further (i.e. rehabilitation for patients with orthopedic problems).
BradyGlove 2 (US, November 2013)
The BradyGlove 2 is the updated version of the 1st BradyGlove prototype. It still works as a web-enabled medical diagnostic tool for Parkinson symptoms with new features and more efficient design. It is enhanced with durable finger sensors, memory card reader and a wireless charging system. It has been designed to help physicians to use it as well as to train their patients for weekly use at home. The 2nd prototype is built to be ready for clinical trials and studies. It was also designed to be fully repairable. It is easy to replace faulty pieces of hardware and fix any malfunction that is going on to be revealed.
BradyGlove (US, February 2013)
This is a promising project that can fix a particular issue in Parkinson's patients life. BradyGlove is a wearable monitoring device that it is capable to provide objective measurements for Parkinson symptoms to doctors enabling them to make very essential decisions and provide the right dosage of lemphodopa relying more on collected data and less on patients memory. Τhe BradyGlove can eliminate indirectly Parkinson symptoms, bradykinesia and tremor by tracking the patients' hand motion patterns and produce results that are compliant with UPDRS scale. Using this particular web-enabled glove to monitor patients, who live in remote areas, constitutes the future of the telemedicine for Parkinson's patients. This project has cοme up as a novel idea in order to change the way that physicians make a decision about their patients and improve their quality of life. BradyGlove presented to MIT Media Lab Hackathon Contest in 2013 and awarded as the most innovative solution.
BLESPIRO (Greece, December 2012)
Nowadays, all the latest smart medical devices are developed to consume as less power as possible and be low cost products without compromising quality. BLESpriro was created based on this philosophy. It is a low cost spirometer to measure the lungs' function when you exhale or inhale air. It contains a high quality airflow sensor and low power consumption integrated circuits as a Bluetooth module with Low Energy profile. BLESpiro's battery life lasts up to one week with single full charge. It can be connected to any Bluetooth Smart Ready device to capture real-time data useful for patients with asthma and their doctors.
Chameleon (US, February 2012)
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It is well-known that spirometers are too complicated and expensive an medical devices and very complicated for everyone. The Chameleon project was an idea about making an affordable spirometric device which could do more than just measuring the exhaled air. Chameleon is a low cost web-enabled multifunctional spirometric device for children's asthma management. The main guidance implementing this project was to design it as simple as possible and very inexpensive but keep high the quality and reliability of the sensors. There are many medical standards that we had to take into consideration in order to build a real medical diagnostic device for children's asthma and ensure the doctors about the reliability of the captured data. Finally, it is a web-enabled device that means fewer visits to the doctors for monitoring purpose.
Kerveros (Greece, December 2009)
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Kerveros project is a secure PC that prevents any unauthorized user to have physical access to the OS. Actually, it is a very sophisticated design of a PC case which contains a 2-step security access to its operating system and data. Also, it is a fully automated machine that can control by itself the temperature of its subsystems like CPU, GPU, HDDs and main chipset. There is no need for human intervention. Kerveros has all the required controls for any advanced user, placed on the front side hidden behind the two robotic doors. If someone needs to turn it on, he needs a key to unlock the central lock and put his finger on the fingerprint scanner at the right side. It is water-cooled and contains back-up storage systems and alarms indicating any possible water leakage.