Now that I'm a part of the Sudden Impact Wearables Design Challenge(I think I'll be abbreviating that as SIWDC from now on), I thought it would be a good idea to introduce myself and give a little background on my proposal. I am Austin Seven Horning, and I hail from the California Bay Area, but I am currently attending Purdue University in Indiana. I have been playing sports and have had friends get injured, which is what inspired me to take part in this challenge.
My idea is to build a two part system with a head monitoring and body monitoring system. I'm still working on exactly what sensors I will use where. I want this to be something that doesn't really get in the way of the athlete's performance. This means I will probably use something like a chest strap heart rate monitoring system. I'm really looking forward to doing some initial testing with bluetooth which will likely serve as my communication with the smartphone app.
More updates coming soon.