[In progress]

Being a tropical creature, I am currently working on an effective solution to wake up on cold Fall/Winter mornings. I am also using this project as an excuse to teach myself to program Arduinos and Raspberry Pis.

Overview:

I want to stimulate the body’s natural wake-up response to the break of dawn by increasing the body’s core body temperature and gradually increasing the intensity of light falling on the eye-lids. Essentially, this mimics sun-rise and makes waking up much easier!

I used a Raspberry Pi (RPi) to interface with a smart-phone through a webpage so that the user can set the wake-up time. The RPi acts as a timed switch to turn on a heated mattress pad and an array of LEDs.

Skills Utilised:

- Raspberry Pi (Python)

- Networks and Wireless Intefaces

- GPIO control