Henry - works 2020

It is said hedgehogs bring happiness.
This cute animal induces your comfortable sleep.

今回私が開発したものは、不安や寂しさで眠れない人を、眠りに導くための装置です。

ラズベリーパイを使い、Pythonでプログラミングしてあります。

I made a prototype with the Raspberry Pi. It controls the speaker, the web camera and the LED by programming with Python. The web camera detects the blinking of your eyes by the face recognition system. This makes it possible to change the color of the LED when you blink, and to turn off the speaker and the LED when you fall asleep.

I used a soft cloth for the cover design. I tried imitating softness of stuffed hedgehogs.

After the corona virus broke out, more and more people started complaining that they can't sleep because of anxiety. There are news reports that not only ordinary people but also nurses have this problem seriously. This situation is likely to continue for a long time.

Lack of sleep weakens people’s immune system. According to an experiment in the United States, if you can’t sleep well, the infection rate of a virus will triple. Now, there is much demand for devices which can reduce anxiety when people sleep.

Even before the coronavirus broke out, many people had trouble in sleeping. Actually, I’m one of them. When I find it difficult to sleep, I try falling asleep by listening to healing music. However, after a short sleep, the loud noise of music wakes me up. I want to deal with this problem. In addition to this, there is a data that many women, including me, can’t sleep because of anxiety. Therefore, I’ve decided to make a device which can eliminate anxiety when people sleep.