My main focus today was continuing my research on the competition of Existing Snake Robots. Given a list of 4 by Professor Dougherty I began collecting information on the different robots available or in the works. Before my meeting at the end of the day with Professor Dougherty I was able to make a significant head start on the first two products on the list.
I also looked at a company called Wireless Alert Technologies, which is seeking to find an alternate means of campus security. Though I'm not entirely clear on how the process works, it appears from the picture that students are given a card and a button. My issue with that is that students at the very least at Villanova have a tendency of losing wildcards and keys. Objects that they must use everyday. I don't know how many students will remember or bother to bring their "C-Pass". Additionally, during orientation of freshman year, Villanova issues every student a security id tag with an ID number that one is supposed to put on their valuable items and books so that they can be identified. Though the service is not the same I know very few students who have kept or ever used the security tag. My second question is in regards to the button the information referred to and whether or not it can be pushed accidentally when kept in a pocket or purse and also how exactly it informs the owner of a security issue. Is it audio? visual? etc. Lastly, knowing how poor wireless signals can be I am interested in knowing how (if at all) the product will be affected.
Hours 6:15
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