The freedom won't be long though. In another 3 weeks we'll be back in university again for the coming semester. I'm actually looking forward to that, despite the fact that there'll be a lot of stress and work. BRING IT ON! Haha. I'm just excited that we'll be designing our own stuff in one of the units called Engineering Design. It's a super cool unit I guess.
Speaking of design, I just noticed that I didn't include something in the To-Do list posted earlier. I wanted and planned to build a Whistle-Controlled-Switch in my room! Dad said yes. He's my Hero, as always.
Technically, there are plenty of things to build and precautions to take, due to the high voltage power supply coming from the wall sockets. Generally, what this switch does is, upon sensing a whistle, it turns on the lights or the fan in the room. Whistling again at a different frequency turns off all the lights or the fan. Cool eh?
Anyways, I intend to enhance this design by using micro-controllers (microchips), that's coming soon to my doorstep. Instead of using whistle, I plan to use voice command, or even better, smart voice detection that only the room owner could give the commands to turn off or on the lights. LOL. My mum's going to scream.
Looks like there's a lot to do after the exams. As for now, I want to concentrate on my last paper, scheduled tomorrow at 8.30 am! All the best to everyone!
Wow, you're given the allowance to design whatever you want eh..? Cool.. I think it's better to have the voice recognition able to be disabled or enabled at will.. adds to your usability :P
ReplyDeleteYou'll have to drop the voltage down from 240V to 5V ( assuming that the microchip runs on 5V ).. that's going to be interesting :P hahahahaha..
All the best!
Hahaha.. Yea, provided that I don't kill myself. Hmm.. You're right. Otherwise, say if i forget to turn off the lights and I'm away for a long time, the lights are going to be on for as long as i'm not home. LOL. Mum will kill me. Nobody would be able to turn the lights off. =P
ReplyDeleteNah, I don't have to drop the voltage from 240V to 5 V. Hahaha.. Using a relay between the mains and the microchip. LULZ!