About: Ibrar Ayyub

Introduction We created a wireless device to affix to the bottom of a pitcher that alerts the wait staff when the pitcher is empty. We used the a priori knowledge that when a pitcher is empty the pitchers bottom is perpendicular to the ground. By affixing an accelerometer to the bottom of a pitcher we […]

Introduction Perusing through the impressive list of past projects, we decided to make our final project a combination of two technologies—wireless technology and the MP3 player. Specifically, we decided to create an MP3 player that broadcasted the songs to an FM dial. We call this the “MP3 Radio.” To accomplish this, we used an ATMEL […]

Overview The SmartBlinds system uses a microcontroller to control the angle of a set of miniblinds used at home, in the classroom, or on the job. Using SmartBlinds, a user can more effectively control the light coming into the room, or have an alarm that opens at a specified time. We’ve noticed that despite the […]

The precise movements of a young hammerhead shark have been tracked for the first time and are published in the open access journal Animal Biotelemetry. The study, which ran over a 10-month period, reveals important gaps in current efforts to protect these endangered sharks and suggests key locations that should be protected to help the survival of the species.

1 Introduction The Keypaw is a 12-button input device that provides computer users with an ergonomic, fully-configurable alternative to the traditional QWERTY keyboard. The Keypaw is a microcontroller-driven device with 12 buttons mounted on two handsets; 1 button is provided for each finger, and 2 buttons are provided for each thumb. Pressing a button or […]

Honeybee populations are clearly under stress—from the parasitic Varroa mite, insecticides, and a host of other factors—but it’s been difficult to pinpoint any one of them as the root cause of devastating and unprecedented losses in honeybee hives. Researchers writing in the Cell Press journal Trends in Parasitology on November 24th say that the problem likely stems from a complex and poorly understood interplay of stresses and their impact on bee immunity and health

Introduction This is a digital home security system with voice feature which can monitor room temperature, smoke, motion, and windows & doors. The goal of this project is to utilize the after-market parts and build an integrated home security system. Besides traditional magnetic switch equipped on doors and windows, we have also incorporated temperature sensor, […]

Introduction Our project is a UPC-A Barcode Scanner complete with a pricing/description database interface. Our original goal for this project was to build a standard barcode scanner from scratch, but as the project evolved so had to our specification of the project.  We initially sought to build a charge-coupled device (CCD) scanner, which scans the […]

Introduction: Error correcting codes are used throughout digital communication systems today. Cell-phones, CD players, satellites, digital pagers and many other communication devices all use varying amounts of error control to achieve a certain degree of accuracy in transmitting information. The idea behind error control codes is very simple; one can insert some amount of controlled […]

As an actress, producer, director and theatre arts lecturer at The University of Texas at Arlington, Julienne Greer knows the techniques that help draw people’s deepest emotions to the surface. Now, she’s building on her experience and research to help scientists and robotics engineers better understand the human experience so that they can build more responsive robots.