As part of the engineering degree program at The University of Western Ontario all students must complete an eight month design project in their final year of study. For my project I developed a wireless control system that utilizes head movement as the input to the system. The goal was to improve accessibility for patients with limited or no control of their limbs.
For demonstration purposes the device was designed to control the movement and clicking of a mouse on a computer screen. The device consists of a small, wearable circuit that is concealed within a baseball cap and software running on the computer. When the device is within wireless range of the computer it automatically connects with the computer over bluetooth and begins translating the user's head motions into mouse movements and clicks on the screen.
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