The Snooze Smacker

Snooze Smacker


Inventor	Ana Markovic and Milica Ivankovic
micro:bit IDE	Block Code
Best Location	Classroom

Project Overview

Description: The Snooze Smacker is a small device designed to prevent dozing off by delivering a gentle slap when it detects that your eyes have closed for more than five seconds. It uses a micro:bit programmed to detect eye closure and activate a hand to wake you up.

Functionality: The device is ideal for people who struggle with staying awake during long meetings, lectures, or late-night study sessions. Its quirky and humorous approach combines with practical functionality to make it both a conversation starter and a productivity booster. Additionally, it provides an element of fun and excitement to the task of staying alert.

Purpose: The device addresses the issue of drowsiness at inconvenient times, which can lead to missed information, reduced productivity, and dangerous situations like falling asleep while driving. By ensuring wakefulness and alertness, it helps improve focus, learning efficiency, and overall safety.

Materials Needed

To assemble the Muscle Maze, you will need to have the following items.

1x Spiker:bit and micro:bit with electrodes and orange cable
1x stick
1x old over-the-ear headset / headphones for cutting up
1x roll of duct tape
1x foam sheet and piece of paper for making a hand

Coding

Below is the python makecode. Millis are used to set a countdown for 6 seconds. This countdown resets based on the calibration at the beginning ( if the user opens their eyes or has them already open, this is detected and the servo is stationary ). However, should the user fall asleep and have their eyes closed for more than 6 seconds, the boolean ( true or fales variable ) for sleeping is set to true and they are smacked!

timeClosed = 0
sleeping = False
eye = 0
val = 0
basic.pause(3000)
pins.servo_write_pin(AnalogPin.P8, 0)
maximum = 0
openThreshold = 0
minimum = 1000
closedTrashold = 1000
startTime = control.millis()
music.play(music.tone_playable(262, music.beat(BeatFraction.HALF)),
    music.PlaybackMode.UNTIL_DONE)
while control.millis() - startTime < 5000:
    val = pins.analog_read_pin(AnalogPin.P0)
    minimum = min(minimum, val)
    maximum = max(maximum, val)
startTime = control.millis()
music.play(music.tone_playable(262, music.beat(BeatFraction.HALF)),
    music.PlaybackMode.UNTIL_DONE)
while control.millis() - startTime < 3000:
    val = pins.analog_read_pin(AnalogPin.P0)
    closedTrashold = min(closedTrashold, val)
startTime = control.millis()
music.play(music.tone_playable(262, music.beat(BeatFraction.HALF)),
    music.PlaybackMode.UNTIL_DONE)
while control.millis() - startTime < 3000:
    val = pins.analog_read_pin(AnalogPin.P0)
    openThreshold = max(openThreshold, val)
basic.show_number(closedTrashold)
basic.pause(100)
basic.show_number(openThreshold)
basic.pause(100)
basic.show_number(minimum)
basic.pause(100)
basic.show_number(maximum)
while True:
    eye = pins.analog_read_pin(AnalogPin.P0)
    if eye <= minimum * 0.9:
        music.play(music.tone_playable(262, music.beat(BeatFraction.HALF)),
            music.PlaybackMode.UNTIL_DONE)
        sleeping = True
        timeClosed = control.millis()
        while control.millis() - timeClosed < 6000:
            eye = pins.analog_read_pin(AnalogPin.P0)
            if eye >= openThreshold * 0.9:
                music.play(music.tone_playable(659, music.beat(BeatFraction.HALF)),
                    music.PlaybackMode.UNTIL_DONE)
                sleeping = False
                break
        if sleeping:
            pins.servo_write_pin(AnalogPin.P8, 170)
            basic.pause(1000)
            pins.servo_write_pin(AnalogPin.P8, 0)
        basic.pause(1000)

def on_forever():
    pass
basic.forever(on_forever)

Assembly

First, trace out your hand on the foam materials
Do the same for the sheet of paper, and cut both out
Attach the foam and hand together with the stick in the middle, either with glue or with adhesive already on the foam
Take the glue gun, and glue the servo hat to the same stick
Glue the servo ( with no hat attached ) to the headset
Plug in the servo to the micro:bit
Take the duct tape and make two strips one about the length of your arm and the other about 1/2 of the first. Place the smaller strip in the middle of the first. This smaller strip should roughly be the length and 2x the width of the microbit
Wrap the duct tape around one end of the headset ( this will hold the micro:bit to the headset )
Add an additional piece of tape to connect the bottom of this pocket to the headset
Slide in microbit to the pocket, adjust the pocket as needed so the microbit is snug but not impossible to get out
Now continue taping the headset. We recommend a Zig Zag pattern around the edges of the servo ( to prevent it from popping off )
Now attach the stick with your hand And there you have it, your very own snooze smacker!