Two students in UAE have developed a sensor device for helping users maintain social distancing to prevent COVID-19.
The device will send a buzz or a beep sound that is audible to the person wearing the belt in order to act and step away.
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Yahia Shadi and Omar Eldestawi, Grade 9 students at GEMS Al Khaleej International School, said the device which can be worn as a belt, buzzes as an individual comes within a 2-meter distance.
Eldestawi said the ultrasonic sensor will “detect the close distance to send a buzz or a beep sound that is audible to the person wearing the belt in order to act and step away. The sensor stops once the user is two meters away.”
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Coded on python through the hardware Arduino, the students used an algorithm to detect a distance of two meters which can be modified on the sensor in accordance with the ease of Covid-19 restrictions in the UAE.
“As the sensor is programmed on Python, we can change all variables anytime and it can be altered easily,” Shadi said, adding that sensor belt is a form of self-care. “Everyone needs to be protected, in particular elderly and children who might be unaware of the distance between them and others.”
