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5 Hotdog- Solar Powered Heated Doghouse
Area Award: Solar Energy
 Gurbaaz Sidhu
Krista Giacobazzi
Lynn Deasey
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The purpose of the solar powered heated doghouse is to provide a solution to leaving your dog outside in a doghouse for the weekend, when cold temperatures are expected. The dog house will be powered entirely by solar panels on the roof. There will be heating elements on the floor. Insulating the dog house will be extremely important because with only solar power, we cannot afford wasted heat. We also plan on having some settings and safety features. There will be a temperature setting so the user can select how warm they want the doghouse. When the house becomes warmer than the owner set, the heat will be turned off. When the temperature becomes too cold, the heat will be turned on. We also plan on preventing the dog bowl from freezing, so the dog will be able to drink water. We are still debating about the most efficient method to do this. We also will be adding a fan to the dog house, so the dog will be more comfortable in the summer.

Drum Tutor Lite

Zhen Qin, Yuanheng Yan, Xun Yu

Drum Tutor Lite

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Team: Yuanheng Yan, Zhen Qin, Xun Yu

Vision: Rhythm games such as guitar hero are much easier than playing the actual drums. We want to make a drum tutor that makes playing drums as easy as guitar hero. The player is not required to read a sheet music.

Description: We will build a drum add-on that will tutor people how to play the drums. We will make a panel for visual queue of the drum and beats in a form similar to guitar hero game. The panel can be a N*10 (N varying with the drum kit) led bar array. Each horizontal bar will be a beat and each horizontal line above the bottom line will represent the upcoming beats.

There will be sensors on each drum that will fire when the drum heads is hit. The drums will be affixed with ring of light that provides the timing and accuracy of the player according to the sensors.

Of course with a flip of a switch, the drum could be a simple light up drum: when the player hits the drum, that particular drum will light up giving cool effects.

The system will be on a microprocessor. Or for more versatile uses, it could be connected to the computer. And a app will be written for the tutor.

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