Prototype/Outcome

The final prototype is an acrylic box engraved with symbols and images from western astrology, with a BLE Sense color sensor, keypad, and thermal printer. The BLE Sense uses a ML library from Edge Impulse to determine three different inputs, each of which leads to a different prediction for the user. The user shows the device either a red (love), green (career), or blue (health) card for their prediction. The keypad is intended to take in the birth date of the user, which is used to allow the device to assign both a western and vedic horoscope to the user. Finally, the printer prints their two horoscopes, as well as the prediction that they asked for.

The final prototype had some technical difficulties that prevented the device from being as fully functional as intended. Firstly, the keypad did not work as intended. Instead, it would send random inputs to the printer, resulting in the printer being triggered at random times. Additionally, we had issues with fully integrating the OpenAI platform with the device. Finally, we had some oversights when designing the physical artifact, which resulted in more of the final project sitting outside of the casing than initially intended.