CSC Visit and Project Ideas

We visited the CSC on campus to observe children and listen to the concerns of the teachers.  Our hope is to create a product that will somehow aid or benefit the children and their teachers.

A list of issues we encountered in at the CSC:

1. Children have trouble staying on their mats.

• For this issue, we can design a mat where the children feel engaged and excited to sit down.  This can incorporate LEDs that play a certain pattern as soon as the child sits.

1. Children become very loud.

• For this issue, we can design a meter that detects a certain threshold of noise and alerts them using LEDS, faces, and messages.

1. Children splash water onto the ground, making the floor wet and hazardous.

• For this issue, we can place sensors on the edges of the box that detect drastic movement that may splash water onto the ground.  Children can be alerted by a flashing LED or a message.

1. Children are scared to or have difficulty flushing the toilet

• For this issue we can have a string that the children pull or a button they press to flush the toilet.  The toilet will then sense the children leaving and proceed to flush.

1. Children need to remember to wash their hands and wash them properly.

• For this issue we can add a sensor to the water that detects a flush and a child close in order to turn on an LED that will draw the child's attention and remind them to wash their hands.  And LED can also be connected to the soap to remind them to use it.  The light will not turn off until the child washes their hand for at least 10 seconds.