Hypoglycemia is an issue that affects the long-term health and well being of those suffering from low blood sugar or diabetes. Many people often suffer from fainting, seizing, or immobility due to their low blood sugar. These occurrences are more commonly known to happen when the patient is sleeping. Hypoglycemia while sleeping leaves the patient unable to notice their symptoms. If left untreated it can lead to seizures and death.
The purpose of the module is to create a wristband that detects hypoglycemia through measurement of heart rate and detection of excess sweating. For now, the module will be intended for use while the patient is sleeping, but in the future it is possible to make this product mobile for use during all hours of the day.
This wristband would help detect when the seizures occur and will sound an alarm to wake the patient and nearby family. The user, or whoever hears the alarm, then has the option to take care of the issue, turning off the alarm, or to call 911. If the alarm is ignored, it will make a call to 911 and the issue will be taken care of from there.
An obstacle faced for this project is the ability to fit all of the code in the machine without overheating or affecting any of the readings. In order to fix this obstacle, the group decided to put an external tower containing most of the hardware where calculations will be done. The wristband will only hold sensors which will transmit information via Bluetooth to this tower. Another obstacle is price. The materials needed for this project will be rather expensive because it involves a tower as well as a smart wristband.
Major tasks include: programming the sensors and connecting the tower to the wristband.The project will require extensive research on hypoglycemia and diabetes and it may also require reading about and learning new programming languages.
At the end of the term, deliverables should include the entire working product - tower, code, and wristband.
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