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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.

RFI Detector

Jamie Brunskill, Tyler Shaw, Kyle Stevens

RFI Detector

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Problem Statement:

Radio frequency interference from cell phones disrupts measurements at the radio observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Many visitors do not comply when asked to turn their phones off or put them in airplane mode.

Description:

We are planning to design a handheld device that will be able to detect radio frequency interference from cell phones from approximately one meter away. This will allow someone to determine if a phone has been turned off or is in airplane mode.

The device will feature an RF front end consisting of antennas, filters, and matching networks. Multiple receiver chains may be used for different bands if necessary. They will feed into a detection circuit that will determine if the power within a given band is above a certain threshold. This information will be sent to a microcontroller that will provide visual/audible user feedback.

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