Project
| # | Title | Team Members | TA | Documents | Sponsor |
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| 13 | 60 Hz Electromagnetic Field Detector/Interface system Area Award: Electromagnetics |
Bhaskar Vaidya Gaurav Jaina Kuei-Cheng Hsiang |
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| The aim of this project is to design a modular 60 Hz Electromagnetic Field Detector/Interface system. Sensors and feedback have been developed by the client that allow individuals to perceive 60 Hz electric hum. The current design is not sensitive enough to distinguish noise in this frequency band from an acceptable distance. Given the existing design, we can improve the range from which this signal can be distinguished by bumping up the gain of the amplifier and/or redesigning the antenna, or considering another means of detection. The system will interface directly with the user's sense of touch through the utilization of haptic feedback, designed in a way that provides the optimal experience for the user to learn to use. The system will be designed as a modular system, so that either block (sensor or interface) could be replaced for another application; for example, the detection of cell-phone frequencies instead of 60 Hz. The intersection of microelectronics and neuroscience can currently be used to give people the ability to sense previously invisible forces. Applications include potential research on the effects and pathways of giving people extra senses (which can help advance the field of neuroscience/psychology), as well as mapping out 3-dimensional images of EM fields in specific areas to observe effects on biological systems. |
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