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28 PILLOW: A UNIVERSAL SYSTEM FOR PILL DISPENSING
 John Schmidt
Lohitaksh Gupta
Robert Weiner
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Every day millions of people abuse their prescribed medicines by either under-dosing or overdosing. Additionally, over-the-counter drugs such as Allegra can be misused because of their side effects. Also, people are prone to forget to take their medicine at the right times and dosages. Over a period of time, this irregularity in taking the medicines can seriously affect one’s health. What if we can solve this problem and move a step closer to ensuring perfect health through medicines for everyone everywhere?

While other attempts to solve this problem focus on building a smarter pill bottle or dispenser, ours would be to create a universal pad for any bottle to rest on, tracking the actual use of the medication. This system is meant for responsible people who want to make their health better. We will be using a ‘Pill Hub’ which has Wifi and Bluetooth modules. The hub will be connected via Bluetooth to multiple small ‘Pill Scale’(s). The ‘Pill Scale’ will have a universal design such that it can be attached to the base of any regular bottle or dispenser available these days. The ‘Pill Scale’ will have a weight, gyroscope sensor and Bluetooth module which gives regular feedback to the ‘Pill Hub’. The hub will be connected to the home wifi to easily communicate with the website/mobile app for the product and provide valuable metrics and reminders to patients, doctors and dispensaries. The above modules will be connected using a self-designed microcontroller.

Specifications for 'Pill Scale':
1) Bluetooth Module: BLE112-A-V1 (https://bit.ly/2N9S3JV)
2) Pressure/Weight Sensor: We will use either Adafruit 1075 (https://bit.ly/2xerCsT) or 0-100 g electronic scale aluminium alloy weighing sensor with a spark fun load cell amplifier (HX711 - https://bit.ly/2nOrBYq ). This will give us an mg precision.
3) Microcontroller: Atmel Atmega 328 (https://bit.ly/2x5RG8k )
4) Power Requirements: 3 V - (based on the datasheet of scale and Bluetooth module) Type: Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Button Cell Battery.
5) Physical Size: 4” x 2” x 0.5”

Specifications for 'Pill Hub':
1) Bluetooth Module: BLE112-A-V1 (https://bit.ly/2N9S3JV)
2) Wifi Module: esp8266 (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13678)
3) Microcontroller: Atmel Atmega 328 (https://bit.ly/2x5RG8k )
4) Power Requirments: Powered through wire/plug.
5) Physical Size: 5" x 5" x 2"

The data collected from these pill bottles can be integrated with healthcare metrics and at the same time be monitored by the patient’s doctor either through a mobile app or website. It can also be used by dispensaries for automatic refills and scheduled delivery of the medicine.

Initial Idea Link: https://courses.engr.illinois.edu/ece445/pace/view-topic.asp?id=27632

Team Members:

1) John Schmidt (jpschmi2)

2) Robert Weiner (rtweine2)

3) Lohitaksh Gupta (lg6)

S.I.P. (Smart Irrigation Project)

Jackson Lenz, James McMahon

S.I.P. (Smart Irrigation Project)

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Jackson Lenz

James McMahon

Our project is to be a reliable, robust, and intelligent irrigation controller for use in areas where reliable weather prediction, water supply, and power supply are not found.

Upon completion of the project, our device will be able to determine the moisture level of the soil, the water level in a water tank, and the temperature, humidity, insolation, and barometric pressure of the environment. It will perform some processing on the observed environmental factors to determine if rain can be expected soon, Comparing this knowledge to the dampness of the soil and the amount of water in reserves will either trigger a command to begin irrigation or maintain a command to not irrigate the fields. This device will allow farmers to make much more efficient use of precious water and also avoid dehydrating crops to death.

In developing nations, power is also of concern because it is not as readily available as power here in the United States. For that reason, our device will incorporate several amp-hours of energy storage in the form of rechargeable, maintenance-free, lead acid batteries. These batteries will charge while power is available from the grid and discharge when power is no longer available. This will allow for uninterrupted control of irrigation. When power is available from the grid, our device will be powered by the grid. At other times, the batteries will supply the required power.

The project is titled S.I.P. because it will reduce water wasted and will be very power efficient (by extremely conservative estimates, able to run for 70 hours without input from the grid), thus sipping on both power and water.

We welcome all questions and comments regarding our project in its current form.

Thank you all very much for you time and consideration!