Swiss Qualifying Contest [---- ARCHIVES ----]
2012 Swiss Final Winners !
Congratulations to Edwin Dornbierer (ETHZ) and Andres Heldstab (NTB Buchs), who will represent Switzerland at the iCAN'12 Finals in Beijing in July !
Edwin and Andres won the first prize on May 22 at the Swiss final, which was held in parallel with the Swiss NanoConvention at the Beaulieu conference center in Lausanne. The title of their project is "Beat Tracker". The team constructed a device that calculates the rhythm of one's movement - using a ST LSM330DLC – 3D accelerometer and 3D gyroscope - then transmits this information to a smart phone which in turns plays a corresponding song with an appropriately matching rhythm. A demonstration was conducted using walking, jogging and running movements, as well as using a stationery bike.
Congratulations are also in order for the team from the EPFL who finished in second place with their project entitled "Electronic Device Controller by Arm Movement Detection". The team members are Nicolas Vachicouras, Matthieu Rüegg and Ludovic Serex.
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(left to right) Prof. Jürgen Brugger, EPFL (iCAN Swiss Project Leader), Dr. Emine Cagin, ETH Zurich (Coach), Edwin Dornbierer (ETHZ) Andres Heldstab (NTB Buchs), Prof. André Bernard, NTB Buchs (Jury member) |
Project Title: Beat tracker |
Here are a few photos from the presentations on May 22 (click to enlarge):
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| Prof. Brugger briefs the judges and teams prior to the presentations. | Presentation by the team from the EPFL. | Edwin and Andres presenting their device. |
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| Demostration of the Beat Tracker on the bike. | Beat Tracker integrated unit. | Beat Tracker core device. |
