Week 2 - Technology Project APPT 6212

07/03/14 (Fri)

Today we bring some ideas along with us. At first me and Kang to discuss about our ideas, some are good some are not good. We finally going to present our ideas to the lecturer because we really can't think any idea again.

After we presented the first idea, lecturer tells us it is good idea but it is quite easy in the technology, so we are required to create the real electronic device but we are not good in electronic, so we gave up the idea. 2nd idea it is kind of scanners and sensors. Although we don't need to create the real device but it is too wide of information we have to consider. The comments of lecturer is "too complicated". Lecturer says, " the first idea was too easy, second idea was too complicated, I believe the 3rd idea would be in between of them".

Our 3rd idea which is installing some technology on driver side where it can sense the heart rate from driver. In our initial idea it probably be installed on steering wheel. When your both hands holding on the steering wheel it will be able to get your heart rate and pulse. The purpose of we do that is want to increase safety level on driving. We do believe some accidents were caused by drivers because of falling asleep, heart attack or coma by low blood sugar, if driver receive a warning when this happen, it may avoid to happen an accident.

In the other hands, we also will try to figure out is it possible to check the alcohol level from drivers palm by sweat. There was a lot of car accidents were caused by after drinking. However, we do need to do more research on how to check the alcohol level from human body skin and sweat. If we got the solution we believe this idea could decrease the accident on driving after drinking, due to the engine is not allowed to start if the driver has exceeded the limit of alcohol containing.

We think this is an interesting idea therefore we decided to take it as our project in this subject.