Multipurpose Iron Man Glove & Moveable Platform

The multipurpose glove is a hand-worn device that wirelessly controls the position of a platform and flashes a high power LED at a particular frequency in order to alias the motion of an oscillatory object. The position and motion of the platform is dictated by an accelerometer which is attached to the top of the glove, as shown in Fig. 1. The user can then tilt the hand forward, backward, left, or right, to cause the platform to move towards a desired location. The user can also adjust the flashing frequency of the high power LED that is attached to the bottom of the glove. This frequency adjustment can be done through hand motion and the accelerometer, or by changing the position of a potentiometer that is attached to the overall casing, as depicted by Fig. 1. Figure 1 also displays the battery armature, which is used to fix the battery and secure the system casing around the forearm of the user with VELCRO straps

Final Design Report: Equipment Checkout Team

The Trinity University Communication Department is currently using a handwritten logbook to keep track of expensive cameras kits and associated equipment. Check-in and check-out are documented in the logbook by a student worker. Unfortunately, this time consuming and labor-intensive process leads to inventory mismanagement and expensive equipment loss each semester. The purpose of this project is to create an inventory database that will remove responsibility from the student worker, increase the speed of check-in/check-out, and ultimately prevent loss of equipment. The prototype described in this report uses an Ipad app to implement the user interface, FireBase to implement the database, and RFID tags and a RFID reader for 1 input into the information processing subsystem. In order to ensure that the designed prototype meets the project objectives, various tests were conducted. The prototype tests are divided into four modules: manage inventory, manage users, check-in/check-out, and RFID tag testing. The purpose of these prototype tests are to analyze the functionality of the following capabilities: ability to automatically check-in and out equipment using RFID tags and the U-Grok-It RFID reader, keep track of users and kit items (includes adding and removing users or kits), check availability of kits, and confirm that the person borrowing the equipment is authorized to borrow. An added function is the ability to manually check-in/out equipment if needed. After conducting these tests, the results proved that the designed prototype meets most of the objectives outlined in the final Project Charter. The designed system eliminates the need for paper documentation, speeds up the check-in and check-out process, and ultimately removes responsibility from the student worker. Two features described in the project charter were not met. These include email notifications for overdue equipment and a printable late fee invoice that may be submitted to the student billing department. Currently, we have been testing one prototype kit. We will finish implementing the system for nine other kits before our final presentation

Review of the distribution and new occurrences of Lacunicambarus thomai (Jezerinac, 1993) (Decapoda, Cambaridae) in Pennsylvania and its possible introduction outside of its native range

Recent investigations into the distributions of western Pennsylvania, USA, crayfishes have yielded 30 new occurrences of Lacunicambarus thomai (Jezerinac, 1993). The discovery of a population of L. thomai in Crawford County is the furthest north population in the state. Two populations of L. thomai were discovered outside of its historic range in Fayette and Somerset counties in southwestern Pennsylvania. These populations are in recreational fishing destinations and may have been introduced by bait bucket or construction fill. Additional surveys for Pennsylvania L. thomai should occur in areas lacking recent, thorough searches