RE: The Light up NFC Bracelet: Stage 3

Former Member — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 02:46:23 GMT

Hey!
I registered just to post this; just wanted to say well done. Thought your design is lovely (esp. for a first prototype!)...an the idea is exactly where I'm headed with a few things...allbeit I'm nowhere near the soldering and coding stage yet...

Ideas where you could go with this:

1) Add haptic feedback (e.g a vibration unit, or linear actuator like the Apple Watch has) to "pulse" with the lights...
2) Alerts - e.g a single red flash if you get an email on your phone from someone on your VIP list...or blue if you get a tweet mentioning you...green if you've got an alarm set etc. I'm sure you've already though of these ideas...
3) Customised colour patterns based on who is phoning/texting you.
4) Used in conjunction with a heart sensor (from a fib or smart watch etc.) to show your heart-rate...or other biometrics like linked to a blood-sugar sensor so it tells you if your blood-sugar is dropping.
5) Used in location-specific examples...handed out in a night-club to be used to attract certain types of people etc. (e.g. if you're a green, you are interesting in seeing someone that evening...if you're a blue, you're looking for a seriouss relationship..if you're red you're not interested etc.)

6 Another location-specific example, tied to the NFC tag...not sure how you'd implement it, but when you're trying to find the right room in a hotel, or office in a building...or maybe in a large superstore like IKEA, and you're looking for the kitchens department....device directs you to the right place/room by changing colour (interacting with NFC tags placed everywhere in the building)...

Just a few rubbish ideas....love your design tho...and it could be made to look so pretty...like tiny gems...

RE: The Light up NFC Bracelet: Stage 3

Former Member — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 18:49:49 GMT

Hi Charlotte,

Kudos on your project....its really really interesting..!!

I am doing a similar school project in which instead of the Gemma..I am using a neopixel shield.

and instead of a cellphone with NFC reader, I am using a Mifare sticker with NFC shield+ arduino UNO.

I was wondering if you could help me out with the sketch or direct me to someone who can help me write a sketch converting the NFC input to Neopixel shield output.
It would also be great if you could share some links which you might have come across of projects on similar lines..

Neway....congrats again for the wonderful project

Chao,

Indrajeet

indrajeet.kb@gmail.com