@URService: @Your
Service is a revolutionary system that will allow customers to wait in
a “virtual” line while shopping elsewhere. Upon entering a store,
the patron will simply log in, and indicate the type of question s/he
has, and will be placed in a queue that is dictated on a first come
first serve basis. This system will allow customers to be helped
in an orderly fashion and will ultimately make their shopping
experiences less stressful. RF technology will be used to track
customers throughout the store, as well as to alert them when it is
their turn to be helped. Active RFID readers will be placed on
the customers’ device that they receive and carry once they log
in. RFID readers will be placed at the center of each department,
and adjusted so that the range is just enough to cover the entire
department. @Your Service will be able to be expanded in the
future to have the potential to allow customers to not have to wait in
any line including the much dreaded, long checkout line. (full
report)
BlueMsg: This
project will develop a hands-free system of communication, between a
person and a phone. This system will incorporate Bluetooth technology
and/or wifi system and synchronize with a regular smart phone to
generate a text message without the use of fingers, enabling this
activity in a car or in a mobile environment amicably. The hands-free
system will be used to integrate speech to text algorithms, from
concepts of digital signal processing, and wireless communications to
compose a text message by command of voice; providing a option of
listening to the composed message before the message is sent
automatically. The completion of such a project will provide
safer means of communicating in a car which will be a step beyond the
production of hands-free Bluetooth for phone calls. (full
report)
E-Paper: The
overall objective of the design is to implement wireless
communication networks for applications on display technologies, such
as: wireless transfer of data between displays, information scaling,
and display coordination. An additional design feature is enabling
the wireless transfer of data from a computer to the display. The
design is envisioned to be as easy to use as possible utilizing
automatic configuration, position based commands and reliable data
transfer. This design project will primarily focus on quasi-static
display technology, though in principle could be applied to a wide
array of technologies and applications. The ideal display technology
for use with this design is a new and emerging technology known as
electronic paper. (full
report)