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36 Waste Bin used in Hospital and Labs
 Qiong Hu
Yanqiu Yin
Zekun Liu
 Dennis Yuan design_document0.pdf
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Our goal is to build a safe and convenient medical waste bin for research labs and hospitals. The waste bin will be designed to open automatically only when people intend to drop off the waste, and otherwise closed and maintained tightly. The bag of trash will be automatically sealed and dropped when specific weight limit is achieved, and a new bag will be set in position at the same time. There will also be a liquid leak detection sensor on the bottom of the waste bin in case the garbage bag breaks, and a UV sterilizer to deal with the possibly dangerous leak.

Laser Harp MIDI Controller with Musical Articulations

Yingxi Hai, Hanze Tu

Laser Harp MIDI Controller with Musical Articulations

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Electronic music concerts usually need eye-catching visual aids to create a certain atmosphere. Laser musical instruments is a great way to do this. We have been thinking of this project for a while and it was ECE445 that made this laser harp come true. The novelty of this project is that the harp-like laser device mainly focuses on playing articulations with laser and sensors, as a true universal MIDI controller, to control timbres that are synthesized or sampled. Articulations include piano/forte, vibrato, tremolo, and portamento. With the help of Professors and TAs, we learned how to pick right the components, design PCB, soldering, and program microcontroller. Those skills are not only useful in this class but also really important to electrical engineers. Also, we learned how to use individual strengths, combined with effective teamwork, in the pursuit of meaningful goals.

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