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Project Execution
The Team
Conclusion
Our Partner
The Plan
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Joy Garden
The Smart Old-Folks Home
A Community Service Project
What is a Community Service Project (CSP)?
Community Service is voluntary work done by a person or group that benefits the community.
CSP is a project that focuses and direct the community service work done by a person of group with the goal of benefitting the community more than what a single person could do.
CSPs tend to have a lasting, positive impact on society at large and provide to the people that needs it the most
CSPs are an opportunity for students/teens to become active members of a community while acquiring general life skills and knowledge
Our Partner
Joy Garden Old-Folks Home
- Medium size care facility
- For senior citizens/elderly that are neglected, poor, weak and/or destitute
- About 15 mins away from Nottingham campus
Tech Lead
Team Lead
The Team
Lee Hock Siang
Joeseph Joestar
Silene Oliveira
Venti Carmen Dei
Satori Komeji
The Plan
- Tech is the future and can bring many benefits. It only grows better and cheaper each passing day.
- Difficult to initiate tech-related projects with the old-folks home when there is no foundation to build upon.
- Introduce technology that will ease future tech-related projects that also is beneficial as a standalone
- Currently in need of entertainment for its residents
- Also in need of more staff/volunteers
The Plan
- Make the old-folks home a smart home
- Must be easy and cheap to maintain
- Must be expandable
- Must be easy to use
The Plan
Amazon Alexa Echos
- Small, multipurpose, smart audio/ speaker
- Controllable over WIFI/Bluetooth/Voice
- Practically no maintainance
- Can act as the controller/input device to many other electronics
Polk Audio Atrium 4
The Plan
Workshop to showcase the various features and uses + how to use and maintain them
Uses of Amazon Alexa Echos
Everyone is invited! - staff, residents, students, lecturers!
- Private/Group entertainment system
- Inter-Communication Network
- Emergency Help
- Automation
- General QOL
Automate tasks so staff members are more efficient/ have more time!
Preparation
Done!
Survey the layout of the old folks home
Purchase the items necessary
Learn how to set it all up
Preparation
5 Echo Dots
2 Speakers
Workshop
Echo Dot
Price: RM 199 / unit
Total: RM 995
Combined Total:
RM 1717.80
Heavy Duty Extension Socket
Polk Audio Atrium 4
Price: RM 28.40 / unit
Price: RM 333 / unit
Total: RM 56.80
Total: RM 666
- Meet up at Joeseph house
Write
a simple
guide!
- Explore how to use the Alexa app in conjunction with the Echo Dots
- Hock Siang teach how to configure the Alexa Dots
Implementation
Setup Echo Dots
Setup Outdoor Speakers
Run Workshop
Implementation
Echo Dots Setup
Tom
Sarah
- Configure 2 of phones from the staff members to be the "owner" of the network of Alexas
- Positioned the Alexas, doing whatever to protect them from nature/tying it down.
Outdoor speaker setup
- Add as a device to the Alexa app
- Configure as audio output device + some automation for announcements etc
- Position them at the locations (requires a power socket)
The Workshop
- Showcase features of the Echo Dot and how to use said features
- Configure permissions so other staff/member devices have limited control over the smart network
- Alternative ways to activate features
- Maintainance methods
- How to add more devices to the smart network
- QnA
Simple Text guides with images to help them along!
Documentation + Configurations given to staff
after the workshop!
Conclusion
- Old folks home presently in need of entertainment
- Project provides entertainment for both individuals and groups.
- Auto-updates provides regular free new entertainment in form of music and mini games.
- Old folks home need more hands to help out
- Project introduces simple QOL and automation, freeing up staff members time and energy for them to care for residents better
- Future projects can build upon the project to automate more tasks
- Difficult to initiate a tech-related CSP
- Project will lower cost/barrier of entry for future tech-related projects
- Cheap yet effective.
- Total cost including logistics < ~RM2k
- Future proof, long-lasting benefits, makes future tech-related projects cost less.