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Week 2

During the second week of our Design Project, we set a goal of settling on one idea to work on. Starting from the ideas listed throughout our brainstorming session, we began evaluating whether a project would be possible based on budget, time-span, and what skills we possessed. Since we had an extra week, we took this time to talk to friends and family members about issues they faced within daily life and their professions. The idea that we eventually settled on was constructing an automated pill dispenser, in order to aid elderly and forgetful patients who often forget to take their medicine. During our design lab, we began drawing up possible designs, and listing out the components that we would need. Some of these included an Arduino board, servo motors, and other small components. After consulting with our professor, we received approval to begin writing up a design proposal.

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