For Now… A New Purpose
This coming block will be an independent study for me. I’ll be working with Andy on a project (or two), and I’ll be using this blog to post about it.
My first project is to use sound to determine the current cycle one of the school’s washers or dryers. The idea being that I should be able to determine how much time is remaining for each device and publish it to a web page. A student can then use this information to determine what the best time to wash their clothes is.
I have to start by using my MP3 recorder to record the sound of the washing machines and dryers in action and determine if I can determine any difference by ear and by spectrum analysis. Should be interesting!
Stay tuned for more.
March 10th, 2006 at 9:19 am
i’ve been thinking of the same thing, but i was thinking of making a wireless version, that would be personally owned. I was thinking something that attached to the washer(suction cups) and triggered when vibration stops. Just a thought…
March 10th, 2006 at 12:32 pm
It would be cool to incorporate this with some sort of web based scheduling system. For example, you could both watch where the machine was in its cycle, and either sign up for when it ended or the next available time.