This week team Macro Mice was able to do additional tests with the live mice. This time the mice had newly punctured holes in their ears, which was extremely helpful. While we are unable to show any of these tests due… Read More
A Rough Protoype!
This week we were able to connect our electronic components to our enclosure and make a rough prototype. While we do have video of the mice walking through it, we are unable to show it publicly due to research regulations. However, this is what our rough porotype looks like! … Read More
Some Setbacks
This week the software team had issues with camera quality and lighting. Because of that, we are not as far as we would like to be, but this has not put us behind yet. In addition to that, we are in the… Read More
Pieces of a Prototype
One element of the project that we spent a lot of time on was our GUI for our program, so it makes it easier for researchers to use. The program starts off by asking where the researcher would like the data saved and… Read More
Hardware Update
This week was spent on a lot of hardware building. We printed and assembled the latest version of the enclosure. It includes a clear window that we hope will press the ears flat. We also have created a shelf to place our cameras on, making… Read More
Welcome Back!
After a long and well needed break, Macro Mice got back to work. This week the software was adjusted and tested with mouse ears to make sure that our current code can recognize the holes. After a few edits, it was able to. Check… Read More
SLDR and End-of-Semester
Macro Mice finished the semester strong. We presented the current state of the Spiny Mouse Selfie during our System Level Design Review. We did not receive any feedback, so we think we’re on the right track. We plan to continue… Read More
Latest on the Selfie and SLDR Draft
During our Prototype Inspection Day presentations, we were given the wonderful idea of tattooing our reference object to the mouse ear. After consulting our liaison, we found out that this is possible and has been done before. Because of this, in the next iteration… Read More
Prototype Inspection Day Feedback
Earlier this week, we presented our current prototype for feedback from selected judges. Most criticisms surrounded around our selfie system. Some suggestions given include using multiple cameras, using video instead of images, using multiple sensors, and using mirrors. Some of these suggestions seem more likely to work and be useful, such as using video instead… Read More
Working Prototype
This week, Macro Mice has been busy developing our prototype for the upcoming Prototype Inspection Day. On the software side, we set up the positioning for our different components, made “mouse ears” out of cardboard to test with, and started testing our program. The… Read More