BusyBear log

BusyBear Log

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Week of 1/28/19 (1)

- 01/28

• Whole Group: Had a group meeting with Profesor Feher and discussed possible implications of our busybear concept. In addition, we researched similar projects and found a variety of sources. (https://www.crc.id.au/tracking-people-via-wifi-even-when-not-connected/ and https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47059) - 1 hour
• Whole Group: Met with David and further went over the specifics of our project including discussing the possibility of either using wifi based or camera-based system. In addition, David provided the link to some working projects that also used Arduino as well as a tutorial (https://picar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/chapters/introduction.html) - 1 hour

-01/29

• Whole Group: Looked more into proof of concepts and specific tutorial on how to track devices using wifi/Bluetooth and found a variety of in-depth albeit confusing sources. (https://makezine.com/projects/build-raspberry-pi-network-scanner/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=fmhjtzmLrg8 and https://zone13.io/post/wifi-monitoring-using-raspberry-pi/) - 1 hour

-01/30

• Whole Group: Met to try and finalize general goals and project. We worked on our project proposal on our Wiki page. - 2 hours

-01/31

• Allison: Finished up the project proposal by inserting the Gantt Chart into the Wiki page. - 30 minutes

-02/1

• Thomas and Tom: Worked on the nightlight and established a successful prototype. - 30 minutes

Goals for Next Week:

1. Demonstrate the Night Light
2. Start working on setting up an environment for the Pi
3. Investigate networking and image collection for the Pi

Week of 02/04/19 (2)

- 02/04

• Whole Group: Had meeting with Professor Feher and TA David to discuss current progress and future goals. Determined that the goals for next week will be to:

1. Get Pi going and ready for project
2. Complete Blackjack website
3. Complete any tutorials for Pi
4. Download Stretch and use Etcher
5. Find a file for 3D printing a Pi + Camera case
6. Research networking
7. Consider other locations to test

- 45 minutes

-02/05

• Tom and Allison: Downloaded Python, set up an Amazon Web Services account, and began the Blackjack tutorial. - 1 1/2 hours

-02/06

• Allison: Finished setting up the MySQL workbench by connecting to the Amazon Web Services account. - 30 minutes
• Whole Group: Continued working on the Blackjack tutorial and began working on the SSHing the Raspberry Pi Tutorial. Found a 3D printing design file for a Raspberry Pi Case with Camera Mount: [[1]] - 2 hours

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