PRE2023 1 Group2
Nutrition check and monitoring for the elderly.
Group members
| Name | Student ID | Department |
|---|---|---|
| YooungGi Park | 1534718 | Computer Science and Engineering |
| Zabiollah Amiri | 1522175 | Electrical Engineering |
| Thomas Paul Smids | 1684329 | Computer Science and Engineering |
Introduction & Problem Statement
Maintaining a healthy and balanced diet is essential at every stage of life[1], but it takes on even greater significance as we age. For our elderly population, proper nutrition becomes a vital cornerstone of well-being, impacting both the quality of life and overall health. As we age, our nutritional needs change, and we need to pay special attention to the foods we consume. However even a well-balanced diet can be insufficient in case of improper food intake.
In our elderly population forgetfulness, and diseases like Alzheimer's[2] or Dementia can really impact proper food intake. This could for example lead to skipping these essential meals, or conversely eating to much as a consequence of forgetting that one has eaten before.
The device we will be developing will be one that reminds the our elders by monitoring their food intake, when it is necessary to eat, and when this is not the case, ensuring that the individual will eat their meals regularly, ensuring proper food intake.
Objectives
Users
State of the art
Approach / Planning
Every monday at 9:30 a tutoring session will take place. After that an in-person meeting will take place. If the need arises for anymore meetings, they will be scheduled. Further communication will be done through a whatsapp group.
| Week | Task | Associated Milestone |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Planning | |
| 1 | Literature Research | State of the art |
Milestones
Phase 1 Subject research
- Find Subject
- Literature studies
- What is the main goal of this subject/product
- What limitations are there?
- What do we want to achieve?
- Survey
- Discover a more in depth individual user needs
Phase 2 Design
- Conceptual design
- Come up with multiple designs for the subject, identify strength and weakness of each design, and analyze key aspects for the product.
- Requirements review
- Identify functional/non-functional requirements
- Identify MSCW(MoSCow method)
- Can be more specific for software design
- ex) “The device should ring when the signal is on within x seconds”
- Identify technical requirements
- Identify which skills will be required
- Programming language
- Soldering …
- Required resources
- What do we need to actually build the product
- Identify which skills will be required
- Identify functional/non-functional requirements
- Final design concept
- Based on findings from the requirement review, we create final design concept for the next phase
Phase 3 Build and implementation
- Concept drawing or First design using CAD
- Software design
- Based on Requirement review from Phase 2
- Hardware design
- Based on Final design concept
Phase 4 First prototype, test and evaluation
- Finish first prototype
- Testing
- individual components
- software and hardware combined
- Evaluate results
- Check quality of the product
- See if there is improvements can be made within given time
Phase 5 Final documentation
- Final presentation/ video/ discussion
Deliverables
Task division
Personal Efforts
| Name | Time Spent | Breakdown |
|---|---|---|
| YooungGi Park | ||
| Zabiollah Amiri | ||
| Thomas Paul Smids | ||
References
- ↑ Ludwig DS. Lifespan Weighed Down by Diet. JAMA. 2016;315(21):2269–2270. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.3829
- ↑ Tamura, B. K. M. D., Masaki, K. H. M. D., & Blanchette, P. L. M. D. M. P. H. (2008). Weight loss in patients with alzheimer's disease. Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, 26(3-4), 21–38. https://doi.org/10.1300/J052v26n03_02