ideas for a new device?

andresmdn

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Hi there everyone

New basic here, passed the national registry just this summer!

Anyways I'll get right to it. So have any of you veterans ever wished you had a device in your truck that doesn't exist? Something that could perhaps be used to monitor, give feedback or provide some type of automated service on a patient? I know there are plenty of gadgets already available, so maybe even some type of integration of existing tools might be useful.

I'm a senior this year in college, studying electrical engineering, and part of the program is a senior design project. I'll possibly be on a team with mechanical engineers so theres the potential for mechanical components. Any ideas? This has the potential to become something that would assist real-life EMTs!
 

Medic Tim

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You only need to post 1 time. Browse around and try the search feature. There are already threads discussing this.
 
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andresmdn

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apologies was unsure which of the two subforums to post in. I did spend some time searching through existing threads before posting, and all of the devices suggested were of a purely mechanical nature. So I should have specified, any ideas for an electronic/electromechanical devices?
 

RocketMedic

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Magnetically-closing cabinet doors.
 
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andresmdn

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great idea, we can take all the handles off the doors and use microcontrollers to open/close the cabinet doors via voice commands and electromagnets!

Seriously though, I'm not trying to be annoying or waste anyones time with this. I'd just like to have a meaningful project that'll be useful, and I guess if I'm being completely honest a good grade
 

RocketMedic

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Not actuated or anything, just a solid, secure closure mechanism that can be articulated by hand without jamming or sliding back open.
 

Shishkabob

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I don't say this often, but use the search function. One of these threads is made every few weeks with yet another engineering student looking to pass a class. I'm sure you can find an idea in one of those threads.
 

bigbaldguy

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Not actuated or anything, just a solid, secure closure mechanism that can be articulated by hand without jamming or sliding back open.

+1

Simple is better. On of my biggest frustration causes are those dang sliding plexiglas doors that jam every two inches.
 
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