Week 5 - Technology Project APPT 6212

28/03/14 (Fri)

Today other groups to present their project of first presentation. Some of their idea quite interesting. Every group has to build up their product with some simple component, except my group. It is because of our idea is quite innovative on technology, like using a medical technology apply in automotive.

Although we do not need to built up our product but it is not easy to find the information and it is so difficult to read and understand, and also sometime we cannot get the evidence to prove the information it is work.

Now, we only can say it is not able to know if someone was going to sleep detected by "heart rate". Therefore we only can use ECG technology to do it in our project.

Week 4 - Technology Project APPT 6212

21/03/14 (Fri)

Today was our initial report and presentation, it was our proposal presentation. 

We have shown the report of the car accidents were caused by alcohol issue, drowsiness issue, and heart attack issue, where happened in one of the city from United State. The report was provided by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqXiiqYwyog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLTnF8Aj-dY

We have suggested some solutions as the initial idea for those scenarios. For alcohol issue, the engine would not be started if driver have exceeded the limit of alcohol containing. For heart attack and drowsiness issues, a warning alarm will be given by the system to wake driver up. 

Week 3 - Technology Project APPT 6212

14/03/14 (Fri)

Since we have decided to use heart rate detection as our technology project idea, and we need to apply this system into vehicle. First, we need to think and find out what makes the system work?

From lecturer's advice, we get some information about heart rate and Electrocardiography (ECG). ECG is the recording of the electrical activity of the heart, it can be displayed in a diagram form and it called Electrocardiogram. Obviously ECG it can checks a lot of symptoms of condition from our heart and body, also it can determines what kind of heart disease.


However heart rate just the recording the heart beat from pulse to pulse, can it determines about heart problem or someone is drowsy? This is the first question that we need to figure out, because if heart rate can tell you those informations, the system will be installed easily in vehicle. Besides, it is difficult to install the system in vehicle if we needed to use ECG technology.

TTEC 6315 Automotive Professional Practice

Week 1

In Professional Practice subject, me and Kang be a team to work for the group assignment. In the group project we are required to do observation in an automotive workshop regarding to the business as to the relationship within the shop or industry. Areas to focus will be customer service, work planning, allocation of working, health and safety, billing and return work procedure, waste management.

At first we need to find a workshop to progress our works. After our discussion, we decided to go New Lynn area to looking for a workshop. On Tuesday morning, we first walked around some workshops and discussed about the workshop from outside what we have seen. The next, we went into the workshop and explained our purpose and asked for the permission to do research there for our assignment.

However, there were 2 workshops that we have targeted the manager was not there and therefore we didn't get the permission to do so. One of the staff told us that last year some of the students from our school had done the similar project in their workshop, he asked us to come again to meet his manager it should be fine. So we planned to come again next week.

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.

Week 1 - Technology Project APPT 6212

28/02/14 (Fri)

Today was the first day in the class of "Technology Project". I was so glad that I am same class again with my good friend, Kang.

In the first day, lecturer explained what is the purpose of this subject and the assessments details. For this project, me and Kang will be a team to work together, we need to think and identify some problems in automotive area, to meet and discuss with advisor and then to analyse the problems and select one as our project. This project may practices us to use inquiry, research, critical thinking, planning skills and problem solving skills.

The 1st step always be the hardest and important for everything, no exception for this as well. We have to think some ideas of problem in automotive area and decide which one is the best for our project, and who is our advisor. Kang came out with one idea it was regarding to vehicle wind screen. The idea was about to create something to protect wind screen avoid from scratches and damage, however the idea was more on material and innovation area not on technology. After that guess what we've got? We were stuck.

Next week we are going to decide what is our project idea, so we need to get more ideas between the time, after that discuss with lecturer.