Final Project Demos 2016: Wednesday Dec 7, 2-3:30pm
210 Jacobs Hall

This is the page for last year, 2015. The 2016 details are here: https://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1451961/

Final Project Demos 2015: Thursday, Dec 10, 2:30-4:30pm, 310 Jacobs Hall (Directions)

This course teaches concepts and skills required to design, prototype, and fabricate interactive devices and smart hardware products. The first half of the semester was dedicated to a survey of relevant techniques in 3D modeling and fabrication; electronics and circuit board design; sensing and actuation for interaction; embedded software development, wired and wireless communication with mobile devices, computers, and networks; and user interface programming. In the second half of the semester, students carried out a significant design project of their own choice in groups.

This semester, Interactive Device Design was one of the first classes to take place in the newly opened Jacobs Hall, and our final presentations will be part of the Jacobs Hall Winter Design Showcase. 11 projects will be on display with hands-on demos and posters.

Past students in this course find careers as Hardware and Software Engineers, Interaction Designers and Product Design Engineers, at both large companies (e.g., Apple, Google, Facebook) and mature startups (Fitbit, Uber) and young startups (e.g., Atheer Labs, Matterport, Automatic, OpenROV). Some start their own companies (DotDashPay, Dray)

Instructors: Bjoern Hartmann and Paul Wright.
GSIs: Joanne Lo, Zhiwei Wu

Projects

Boxy - Workout tracking
EzEEs - A mouse that monitors usage ergonomics to prevent repetitive train injuries
FitSole - A pressure-tracking insole for rehabilitation applications
Hot Pocket - Programmable clothes warmer
Nachofood - Personal alarmed lunchbox
Patchmatch - Clothing matching aid for the visually impaired
Smart Plugstrip - networked power strips for power monitoring and conservation
SWYM Tech - Team monitoring and coordination for firefighters
SynthSense - Augmented cane for the visually impaired
Tipsy - Inventory tracking for bars and restaurants
Riviera - A smarter, more efficient check-in system for professional events with cloud-enabled recruiter tools

Guest Judges

Ross Yeager, IDD Alum and Embedded Firmware Engineer at BoostedBoards
Cyril Ebersweiler, Entrepreneur, VC, and Founder of HAX
Amanda Williams, PhD, Co-Founder & CEO - Fabule / BOMSquad
Brian Lee, Senior Electical Engineer, Highway1 & IDD Judging Veteran

Articles about the class

Educating a Maker: The Berkeley Perspective (Rakesh Sharma, Forbes)
Designing Bespoke Interactive Devices (B. Hartmann, P. Wright, IEEE Computer)