Our Project

In the age of growing public-health concern, our project is aimed at solving the issue of hydration with a new, innovative water bottle that solves numerous health concerns for individuals.

The Problem

COVID-19 has dramatically augmented and shaped our lives in ways that we never for scene it would have. The pandemic also worsened health concerns that many humans experience daily. One major concern is the problem with dehydration. We all have experienced dehydration. The problem of dehydration has exponentially increased due to the effect of wearing facial masks 24/7- because humans are drinking less fluids because of wearing masks more often. With the uncertainty that the pandemic will cease to exist, and the growing normalization of permanent mask mandates, there is a void that needs to be filled for the problem of dehydration.

Applications

We design WateringU to be universal- meaning WateringU can be used for anyone and anything. The purpose behind WateringU is to provide a mechanism to measure the volume of liquid consumed, and to discern what liquid you are drinking. The app will record the amount of liquid in your bottle, determine what liquid you are drinking, and record the amount of liquid you have drinken.

WateringU can be used by anyone who wants a concrete way of tracking their fluid intake.

What will I use it for?

You may ask, what will I ever use WateringU for? Before answering this question, it is important to realize the essential nature of hydration in maintaining a healthy life. To be healthy, it is imperative to consume a vital level of liquids. The adult human body is roughly 60% water-which is quite a lot! So it is vital for a person to maintain being hydrated because the body will start to falter if it doesn’t have the necessary liquids to maintain function.

With our lives increasing complexity, and normalization of wearing masks 24/7, it is a plausible expectation that humans will see an increasing level of dehydration. But this is where WateringU comes through.

Watering U will allow the user to maintain a place where you can keep track of the level of liquids you consume, will allow you to measure how much you consume, and will be able to tell you what you are drinking 24/7. Our user-friendly device will allow for usage in any scenario- 24/7.

Potential Design Solutions

WateringU is designed to be extremely user-friendly. The device will encompass a vehicle-type cup holder, which will allow for easy attachment and detachment of the water bottle on the device. The device will have a sensor- and the sensor will be used to identify the volume of liquid and type of liquid in the bottle. The Raspberry Pi unit will be attached as well.

Resources

For the hardware component of WateringU, will we need a variety of resources:

• Raspberry Pi Unit

• Arduino AltMega Board

• USB port

• IPhone charger

• A standard Water bottle

For the app, we will need:

• IPhone or Android (To be determined)

Demo

What we hope to demonstrate is the full potential of WateringU. Our WateringU demonstration will illustrate the full nature of both the hardware and software components of our product.

WateringU will be attached to a water bottle, and we will demonstrate the full utilization of the app: its ability to measure how much volume of a particular liquid is in the bottle. The app will also determine the type of liquid that is present in the bottle.

We will then detach WateringU from the water bottle in use, and reattach it to Professor Patel’s bottle, hopefully containing a different liquid. This will illustrate the versatile nature of our product.

Once complete, our last demonstration will elicit the simple charging aspect of WateringU, with using a simple Iphone charger to charge WateringU.