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Key Points -
- Use mostly for Pediatric Patents going through Difficult Medical Procedures
- Use for Frightened Youngsters or Oldsters - any age, though. Maybe use for Autism, PTSD, or other conditions.
- The Big Blue Tummy Light is Relaxing and Soothing. Point of focus provide Distraction from Difficult Medical Procedure.
- Patients are urged to Time their Breathing to the Pulsing Blue Light and thus Relaxing.
- What other Uses can You Think of? Comment, if you want.
My Bears are not for Sale, but You can Learn how to Make Your Own Bear Below:
1. Find yourself a Stuffed Bear. I bought mine at Walmart - one Beige and One Gray Bear. Mine are about 14" x 10" x 4".
2. Make an Arduino circuit with a Blue LED wired into the Analog Pin 11. An On/Off Switch is wired in series with a 9 volt battery powering the Arduino. I used an Arduino Uno, but other boards would do I'm sure. I put all this in a Plastic Box I also got at Walmart.
2. Make an opening in the Back of the Bear about 3-1/2 inches long. The Arduino and Box goes inside the Opening you made. You might have to remove some of the stuffing to fit all this in. Buttons help hold the opening closed when you're all done. The ON/Off Switch sticks out the back.
Position the LED in the front of the Bear about where a Heart would be.
3. Program the Arduino with a "Breathing LED Sketch" of your liking. I used the NonBlockingBreathingLed 0.1 Sketch by Luca Soltoggio - 201512 May 2015" -
Thanks, Luca Soltoggio. If necessary, change code to fit the Analog Pin you chose. I used Analog Pin 11.
4. See if it works like my Video. Tinker with it until it does what you want. Feel free to improvise on what I did - and make it better or different. Have fun!
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Possible Improvements below. How can you make it better?
- Maybe add a switch to change LED Breathing Rate to fit adults, children, etc.?
- Maybe add music or words to further relax - or words to encourage the user to slow down their breathing to relax.
- Maybe add womb sounds for babies.
- Add biofeedback to sense anxiety, current breathing rate - and encourage to relax and breathe nice and slow and easy.
- Have different colors, shapes, animals, etc. Custom make Relaxing Stuffed Animals according to what the user wants.
- Add your comments below, if you want.
Questions? - Ask me.
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