I live in a six house with five other roommates. It happens that we have two fridges and three of us share each fridge respectively. Sometimes food goes missing from the fridge and the owner of the item never realizes until its been over a week and no one takes the responsibility of having taken the food from the fridge. What could be done to let the food owner know that his food has been taken??
The process involved was pretty much simple. The circuit was made, the photon was connected to the Wifi Network and the computer, the event was published and a notification was sent to the phone using IFTTT. The challenge lied in getting the PIR (Motion) sensor to function as the range had to be set up and the calibration was done.
With very little/zero background knowledge in coding and circuits, it was initially quite hard to understand the setup. But with analyzing the code and understanding each segment, it became comparatively easier to make things work. If I had a next chance, I would want to integrate a camera/hall effect sensor for the feedback mechanism and make the product more effective and usable.
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