Week 3 Lab: Project Ideas

1

A. Project Name: IoT Sensor Nodes for Smart Hospital Rooms

B. In one sentence, describe the project: The goal of the project is to create a wireless networked system of sensory nodes that can accept sensor input and communicate those inputs among the nodes to produce real-world mechanical or digital outputs.

C. Who exactly is the user for this?  Incapacitated patients in a hospital room who cannot adjust basic aspects of their room.

D. What actual problem are you trying to solve for them? Trying to solve the problem that the patients are not able to physically get up to turn off lights or adjust blinds if another person is not present.

E. What actual value/solution does your project give the user? It provides comfort and convenience to the patient users

F. Who exactly would pay for it?  The owner of the hospital

2

A. Project Name: Healthcare Diagnosis App

B. In one sentence, describe the project: To create an iOS or Android app that takes users health data and extrapolates on trends between data points to suggest certain health concerns.

C. Who exactly is the user for this?  Any patient who wants a basic health diagnosis without having to go to the doctors office and setting up an appointment

D. What actual problem are you trying to solve for them? Trying to solve the problem of healthcare costs being driven up by too many patients going to the doctor's office or emergency room for a condition that could be diagnosed and handled at home

E. What actual value/solution does your project give the user? It lowers healthcare costs for the user

F. Who exactly would pay for it?  The user of the app

 

3

A. Project Name: Study Buddy Locator

B. In one sentence, describe the project: A web app that allows students to coordinate and find out where students from certain classes are studying so they can form study groups together.

C. Who exactly is the user for this? College students who feel as though they can never find people in their classes to study with

D. What actual problem are you trying to solve for them? They are unable to study in groups for their classes because they never know where their classmates are studying

E. What actual value/solution does your project give the user? It provides a location-based system that notifies users where the study groups they want to find are located.

F. Who exactly would pay for it?  The users of the app