Leena Al Sallakh Design

I have it regretted now, even though its done. So instead of simply buying a watch strap from the shops for about $8, I decided to make mine out of laser print. Where I cut 30 small panels, sanded the final ones, painted them on one side, and then sewed them together.  Now that I've done them, I feel like it was a waste of time but I think the orange that I will use for the working prototype looks pretty cool.....Don't think it was worth it though...it didn't really turn out how I thought but it also did...if that makes sense. The coverslip in comparison was beautiful to make. I used a sewing machine and sewed in drawstrings to make a slip that can be adjusted. It's made from cotton as I want and with the colours I was looking at; white and grey. They aren't the perfect tone but they're good to represent. The below images are some process images of how I made my products.    

 From my sketches and using organims for the wrist, I design a CAD model, a simple two piece watch to put the inside components. I also used laser cutting for the wrist strap as well. This will be stitched together and use magnetic to close it. Video of laser cutting for the wrist strap pieces. I than printed the CAD model and sanded them for painting.

 Since the design freeze is this week, in preparation, I have quickly modeled my design in CAD. I want to keep things simple and easy with my design, I didn't want to over complicate it with visuals but instead have a seamless look. The pictures below are what my design currently looks like. I feel it still needs improvements, to be refined but the components are there. The bag isn't ideal and the frame is maybe too sturdy but I felt it was necessary to hold the sensors from the arduino. The picture above and below shows the band, the cover  with the attachment and the U sensor frame. the picture below is a close up of the band.

Coding for A3 - IR The coding for A3 is quite fustrating. I'm not sure what I'm doing is correct and since its infared its hard to see what's working or not. Without the serial monitor, I would not be able to tell if it works. (The code I have been working on for this post was from https://www.dfrobot.com/blog-648.html (project 14)) Which is a good thing I guess, as it would tick the subtle box, with nothing showing... As you can see in the video below, the demonstration by itself only shows me clicking the remote but there is no visual que/output that can be seen/ That is until you look at the monitor on the computer where you can see that something is happening on an invisible line. Below are also some pictures of my simple set up. I sadly coudn't get the LED to work with this code.

 A3 Prototype Using disposable straws, felt materials and some sticky tape, I tried to recreate a demo of what my prototype may look like. For the monitoring device, I am looking at created some sort of pouch that protects the catheter bag as well as attaches itself around the leg. The straws act as the the tubing for the catheter bag, that you would be able to attach to the catheter that is secured in the pouch.   I plan to have the electrical/arduino components on the side, as side panelling...that will hook up to the battery pack..while I ideally would like it to be a wireless, it won't be for the prototypes to show how it works....The monitoring device will be linked to an arm band that show the notifications etc in a subtle way.