Shower Safety Surveillance System

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Shower Safety Surveillance System

• By Emil Caballero
• 3/9/10
• Riverview High School

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Criterion G Identifying the
Problem within a Social Context

• The problem is the shower floor being too
  slippery for the elderly to safely walk on.
• The injuries they receive tend to be more severe
  than any other injuries they get in their home.

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Criterion G Identifying the Problem within a
Social Context (part 2)

• More than half of the deaths that occur at
  home(as shown by the graph to the right) are in
  the shower.
• The goal of my project was to provide safety in
  showers to the elderly around the world.

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Criterion H Analyzing the Problem and The
Feasibility Study

• A feasible solution to the problem was installing
  a surveillance system right in the shower.
• It had to provide complete security so the user
  would feel safe.

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Criterion H Analyzing the Problem and The
Feasibility Study (part 2)

• This solution was perfect for people that lived
  by themselves because it contacted 911 if they
  fell.

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Criterion IPlanning and Developing the Chosen IT
Solution

• The finished product was going to be a
  surveillance system that alarmed emergency
  services about any accidents that occur in the
  shower.
• The original hardware and software was
  Wireless-N Internet Home Monitoring Camera Voice
  Shot and GE Magnetic Strips.

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Criterion IPlanning and Developing the Chosen IT
Solution (part 2)

• The user had to be wearing a neck collar(top
  image) with a magnetic strip in order to trigger
  the alarm system(bottom image) that is in the
  shower

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Criterion IPlanning and Developing the Chosen IT
Solution (part 3)

• The wireless cameras purpose was to allow someone
  else to keep an eye on the user.
• http//linksysbycisco.com/US/en/learningcenter
  This website shows how the wireless camera is
  installed and the requirements. As well as how to
  set up the website for the camera.

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Criterion IPlanning and Developing the Chosen IT
Solution (part 4)

• If the person fell the program Voice Shot would
  be used to call 911 to get help for the person.
• This program was later changed to Skype during my
  project.

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Criterion JTesting and Evaluating the Solution

• The Alpha test took place in the school library
  where the alpha tester wore a Velcro neck collar
  with a magnetic strip and walked through the
  alarm system.
• This was meant to show that the alarm system
  worked.

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Criterion JTesting and Evaluating the Solution
(part 2)

• The Beta test also took place in the school
  library. But this time a few changes were made
  like a new Nylon collar.
• The neck collar was sprayed with water to show
  that it worked while wet.

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Criterion JTesting and Evaluating the Solution
(part 3)

• The final test took place in a shower where the
  tester showed how the final product worked.
• The last changes that were made was the mobile
  software program from Voice Shot to Skype.

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Criterion JTesting and Evaluating the Solution
(part 4)

• Here