Overview of Projects

GEEN 1400

Our idea was to create a sleek and comfortable vest that detects increased levels of anxiety and automatically begins compressing the wearer to provide comfort and reduce anxiety. We found similar products on the market, but none that would detect and respond to elevated heart rate (a common side effect of heightened anxiety). Our goal was for the vest to have three air pockets that would inflate and compress the wearer when their heart rate reached a certain level. The air bladders were placed over three pressure points on the body connected to stress relief: one on the chest and two off center on the ribcage. 

GEEN 2400

We designed an affordable and durable device to be used for communication while rock climbing outdoors. The Belay Buddy features quick and hands-free communication of a potential fall, multi-sensory communication: lights & haptics, and a simple design that can be used by all climber levels. We used a strip of neo-pixel RGB lights so that our device could have three different light and vibration pairs that correspond to different messages between the climber and belayer.  The devices communicate via radio so the rock-climbers do not have to worry about being on the grid to use the Belay Buddy. The belay buddy comes with two devices, one with a harness attachment style for the climber, and one with an arm band style attachment for the belayer.