The goal of this project was to design a low cost, easy to use internet-connected biomonitoring system which fits in existing incubators and is capable of remote culture monitoring with video and data logged automatically. The final design used a Raspberry Pi microcontroller, USB camera, LED array, custom-created plastic housing, and temperature/humidity sensor. In addition to live video streaming, the device captures still images to create time-lapse videos. The device costs $200 to produce and was made customizable and easily reproducible through the creation of a step-by-step building guide which includes alternative design component suggestions.

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Creator

• Bhatia, Shruti
• Peter, Kathleen Dianne
• Galvez, Diana G.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-051820-191354

Advisor

• Bitar, Stephen John
• Albrecht, Dirk

Year

• 2020

Date created

• 2020-05-18

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Interdisciplinary
• Biomedical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright