We will use the concept of persistence of vision to create an image with a high-speed fan. The fan will track where the user is looking from and update the angle it is facing as well as the displayed image so that a 3D hologram is shown. In the case of multiple users around the fan, a fiducial could be worn by the user that the fan should be focusing on. This could be used for advertising, decoration, or as an alternative for VR. Once a static object can successfully be displayed, the project could be extended to 3D animations.
Item | Cost |
LED Bar | $75 |
Brushless Motor w/ encoder | $215 |
Stepper motor | $20 |
Slip Ring | $122 |
Stepper Motor Controller | $30 |
Brushed Motor Controller | $40 |
Raspberry Pi 4 | $35 |
Webcam | $9 |
Wire | $12 |
Connectors | $15 |
Housing | $5 |
Wall Adapter | $5 |
Total | $574 |
*Note: many parts will be sourced for free from a university professor.
Item | Cost |
Raspberry Pi 4 | $35 |
Webcam | $9 |
Wall Adapter | $5 |
Buck Converter | $20 |
Extraneous Mechanical Components | Sourced free from professor |
8020 extruded aluminum | Sourced free from professor |
Monitor | Sourced free from professor |
Stepper motor | Sourced free from professor |
Stepper Motor Controller | Sourced free from professor |
Microsoft teams and in person when neccesary
Talk it out, vote if neccesary
Follow project timeline and meet regularly
Split evenly
Find outside resources for help and let other team members know if we're stuggling.
Brandon Chen is starting his third year studying Computer Engineering at the University of Utah. After completing the general education and pre requisite courses, he is now focusing on the upper division courses to graduate. Having the ability to adapt quickly while being resilient has helped him achieve success through college. He has also been a member of the University of Utah Men’s Club Soccer team for all three years. Balancing academics with soccer, Brandon likes to spend the rest of his free time enjoying nature with different types of outdoor activities.
Emmanuel Lotubai is in his fourth year studying Computer Engineering at the University of Utah. He is expecting to graduate with a BS degree in fall of 2021. In his career, Emmanuel has focused on software development. In this project, he hopes to improve his hardware understanding by working closely with his team. Emmanuel's life long goal is to use the skills he acquires to help people.
Alexander Charters is in his fourth year studying Computer engineering at the University of Utah. He has been a member of the Utah Student Robotics team for three years and has been the electrical lead for two of them. He has participated in many university sponsored hackthons, and won the 2019 "Useless Invention Hackathon", along with his team. He has also participated in a study abroad for a semester in germany and is actively researching Spread Spectrum Time Domain Reflectometry (SSTDR) with the U's own Professor Cynthia Furse.