Who's Home Indicator

Shows who is home based on wifi activity of user's phones.

The Story Behind the Project

The house I live in has people's rooms on the main floor as well as the basement and attic. Because of this, it's often difficult to tell who else is home, and if it's therefore a good time to do dishes, play music, lock the doors, etc. I originally considered a button that each person could press when they enter and leave the house, but that seemed more tedious than just checking who was home whenever you needed to know, and easy to forget. Thus, this project was born! A device that requires no extra input from users, and very accurately and quickly shows who is in the house or not.

Features

• Based off of packet sniffing for MAC addresses, meaning:

  • The user's phone does not have to be connected to a wifi network

  • The device does not have to be connected to a wifi network

  • There is no setup needed on the user's phone

• All names and MAC addresses are updatable via a web interface, which is launched by pressing the "setup" button on the side