I turn ideas into working technology.

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Real-Time Tangible Eating Feedback

Bachelor's Thesis · Tangible Interaction · Embedded Systems · Prototyping

For my bachelor's thesis, my task was to explore a different way of giving people feedback about how they eat. Instead of using a phone, screen or notification, I designed a physical system that gives feedback about eating speed and meal progression directly during a meal.

The final prototype, which I called the "Bubbling visualisation", uses changes in plate weight to detect when food is picked up. The system then estimates the bite size and creates a corresponding bubble inside a transparent fluid chamber.

I designed and built the complete prototype myself, which included an ESP32 control system, peristaltic pumps, fluid system, electronics, sensors, programming and a large number of custom 3D-printed parts. A major part of the project was also calibration, testing and integrating everything into one working system.

I later evaluated the prototype during real eating sessions with young adults. The results showed that the feedback made many participants more aware of their eating speed, while also showing potential for making people think more about natural fullness during a meal.

03

Interactive Addiction Impact Simulator

University Project · Pneumatics · Physical Computing · Interactive Installation

During one of the last group projects, me and my team created an interactive installation that showed how smoking and alcohol can affect the human body over time. The goal was to translate real world data into a creative visualization.

The installation was designed to look like a medical operating room. Users could choose a substance and change different values such as the amount consumed and the period of time. The body in front of them then reacted to show how different organs could be affected.

The complete setup combined electronics, physical movement, lights, sound, data and a life-size body model made from a mannequin. It was one of the largest team projects I worked on and required the different technical systems to work together as one experience.

My main task in the project was designing and building the pneumatic system which had to inflate realistically looking organs made from latex. I worked on the air lines, tubing, valves and control setup used to simulate breathing in the installation.

05

Autonomous Two-Wheel Robot

University Project · Robotics · PID Control

In this project, me and my team had to build and program a small autonomous robot that had to run through a special track without being controlled by a person.

The robot used several sensors together and PID control to follow its route, avoid obstacles and complete different tasks. It had to be fully autonomous.

I worked on the mechanical assembly, Arduino programming, various sensors and a lot of trial and error to make the robot navigate consistently. We also developed an interactive obstacle that could interfere with robots from competing teams.

07

Electric Windmill Piggy Bank

University Project · Electronics · Arduino · PCB

This was the first project I worked on during my degree. Me and my team were given the task of creating a physical device based on the "sense-process-act" principle.

We decided to build a windmill that also worked as a piggy bank. When someone dropped a coin into the device, a sensor detected it and the windmill blades started turning.

The final prototype used a custom PCB, several Arduino boards and multiple motors. We also added a separate mechanism that allowed the whole windmill to rotate using an external potentiometer to get the saved coins out.