BusyBear
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Overview
It always seems like an impossible task to find an open table to work or a quick line for food across the WashU campus. BusyBear's goal is to create a database that is accessible to WashU students. The goal of our project is to measure busyness in high traffic areas on campus like Lopata Hall
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Team Members
Thomas Emerson
Tom Goon
Allison Todd
David Tekien, TA
Jim Feher, Instructor
Objectives
- Setup a Raspberry Pi and be able to control it through a virtual machine and/or Putty
- Learn and be able to code in Python as related to the Pi
- Implement detection of devices through WiFi (MAC Addresses)
- Be able to monitor busyness fairly accurately by filtering detected devices
- Compare busyness at different times of day and between buildings
- Host a website displaying useful and relevant data through Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Create a database to store data and use through AWS
Challenges
- Limited experience with working with WiFi receivers or anything to do with MAC Addresses
- Limited knowledge of Python and Raspberry Pi
- Connecting our data with a database, AWS, and a website
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Budget
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