Tech Tribe

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Innovation Fest 2025

About Tech Tribe

In the fast-paced healthcare environment, continuous and accurate monitoring of health vitals is critical. Through past studies and research, we have identified that many hospitals still face challenges with manual tracking, delayed alerts, and a lack of centralised access to patient information.

Using Arduino and Python, we have developed a prototype to help combat this problem. The system is equipped with sensors to monitor heart rate and body temperature in real time, as well as RFID to allow doctors to scan for patient records efficiently. This data will be processed using code programmed on the Arduino to see if metrics are too high or low and then send alerts to the doctors so that they can act accordingly.

Future versions of our product may include fall detection so that doctors can act quickly when a patient falls off a bed ( this had been identified as a large issue hospitals face). We may also include sms alerts to a phone and produce visual graphs using Python to see trends in patient data/

UN SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Empowered and Driven:
Delivering Solutions for Global Issues

Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being – The project contributes to this goal by providing real-time health monitoring, which helps in the early detection of health issues. By detecting issues early, this improves patient safety and means less delay in response time. Instant alerts increase the efficiency of hospitals and decrease the workload of staff so they can operate better.

Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Using affordable products such as Arduino, we are able to build a functional product that is scalable. Our Idea is innovative and focuses on real-life issues, so it might have the potential to provide value in the industry if our created prototype was to be scaled into a mass-produced product.

Goal 4: Quality Education (Indirectly)
Although the primary focus of the product is healthcare, the use of Arduino and python also makes this serve an educational purpose. Not only does it encourage our team to expand our programming skillset but it can encourage others to create prototypes for real-world solutions using affordable tools such as arduino.

THE STORY BEGAN

DESIGN STORY

Challenges

1.) Up until session 7, the group was limited to only 2 people (Ryandeep and Jacob). This meant that they had a higher workload and not able to progress the product as fast as they would otherwise be able to. 2.) Another challenge is trying to keep the product compact so that it could ideally fit into a wearable watch of some sort. 3.) Transferring data from Arduino to a Python program on a PC via serial communication as this could be challenging 4.) Budget. We have a low budget; therefore, we are using cheap Arduino sensors which would not hold up in industry. This means that some results may be inconcistent for heart rate, etc.

Solution

1. We now have a full group of 4 people and are using a Gantt chart in order to try to make sure everybody contributes to the development of the product. 2. We have tried to design the product with size in mind, making sure to keep wiring tidy and using a small breadboard etc 3. We plan to first create a very basic implementation and then continuously work on this prototype to improve it. The prototype will not use Python in order to maintain simplicity 4. In order to avoid inaccuracy, we will take readings multiple times and test throughout development to make sure everthing works as intended

Use Case

An ideal use case would be a small hospital in a rural area which has limited medical staff and struggles with continuously monitoring all admitted patients—maybe they struggle overnight or during emergencies. To combat this the patients could be given our smart health monitors 1. A patient is admitted and assigned an RFID card. 2. The system starts monitoring the patient's vital signs in real time. 3. All readings are processed using Arduino, then sent to a Python interface on a central computer. 4. If the patient's readings go beyond normal limits (e.g., high fever or heart rate), the system sends a signal to the nurses via sms or buzzer. The nurse can scan the patient’s RFID card to view their full health data and respond quickly.

TECHNOLOGIES

List of Essential Tools and Technologies

Temperature Sensor

RFID Module

Python

Arduino Uno

Heart Rate Sensor

LCD Display

THE PROCESS

PROTOTYPE DESIGN

Our prototype is a smart health monitoring system that uses arduino and Python to track a patient’s vitals in real time. It includes sensors to measure heart rate and body tempature. The system also features an RFID module that allows for quick patient identification.

When any vital sign goes beyond the normal range, a buzzer and LED alert the medical staff so they can respond accordingly. The data is sent from the Arduino to a Python program that can display the readings and potentially generate graphs or alerts. The main purpose of the system is to take worload away from nurses and speed up response times.

PLEDGE

Impact on the market

Our smart health monitoring system addresses a critical need in today's society. While many hospitals lack the funding for expensive health monitoring systems, our product is made to be affordable and accessible, with the prototype being very low cost due to its reliance on Arduino and Python. As found in our research, it is common for hospitals to experience problems reacting late to patients falling off beds, etc. Our product directly addresses this problem and others, making it a valuable solution that hospitals can greatly benefit from.

The market for telehealth, smart medical devices, and IoT healthcare is rapidly growing, meaning that the potential clients for this product are large. The product is best suited for rural and small cities, emergency and temporary healthcare setups, as these are the sort of people we feel would benefit the most from our product and be willing to buy it the most.

The product also has the potential to be built upon and improved continuously as new ideas and technologies emerge; this helps to future-proof the product.

RESULTS

FINAL PRODUCT

1.) We first brainstormed ideas and researched the current maket. We mind-mapped a lot of ideas that crossed our minds, then crossed off ideas based on how realistic they were to implement and how useful they could be.

2.) After choosing A health monitoring system, we then thought about the components that would be needed and listed them down. A basic Tinkercad design was worked on and fundamental code was written.

3. We created slides to showcase our product idea as well as a short 3-minute video to explain the idea

4. We thought about the costs associated with the product and what investments we would want, etc. A lot of financial tables were produced, and the future of the product was planned out

5. A poster for the product was created to showcase it to potential investors and those who are interested.

6. The Tinkercad design is improved, and the code is expanded on. The design is made using a real-life Arduino and components. Python is added to do more work with the collected data and produce graphs for the data.