For my final project I’d like to create a prototype of an idea I came up with for Allan’s Affirming Artifact’s class — a light up shoe that guides users towards their destination.
The shoe would have neopixel lights to indicate directions left, right and forward — receivng push notifications from a users google maps on their phone.
While the wiring is simple I believe the Arduino nano will also need to have a bluetooth receiver for this to work.
While I’m skeptical about whether it will be feasible to push directions to the Arduino nano using Apple Shortcuts I believe that in the lowest functionality case I can still program a set of prewritten signals to demo the shoe and maybe create a fake map interface that it corresponds to.
Materials I will need for this are the Nano, Neopixels, and a 3D Printed housing to diffuse the neopixel lights. I am still configuring what I will need to receive signal and also how to know whether the user is moving forward with a compass of some sorts that corresponds to map direction as the Neopixel will likely be able to receive data but not push it back to maps.
That’s a wonderful idea! Regarding how to update the user’s location in real time, I’m thinking that if this task could be delegated to the phone (I’m not sure), cuz I think if the phone can handle the location tracking, then all we need to do is ensure that the nano is always within range of the phone.