Current status of project: 
This past week we­ spent a lot of time doing research to prepare for our progress report.  We have worked to come up with a design that we feel best fits the criteria with which we have to work with.  We split the project up into three different sections and were each assigned a section to research.  The three sections were: methods and locations to measure temperature, power requirements needed to work the system, and how the alert system would function.  We held multiple group meetings this week to combine our information and to decide on a final design.  We communicated with Marc Schmidt, filled out a non-disclosure agreement, and were able to receive some CAD drawings. 

Work planned for next week:
This week we plan on meeting multiple times to complete our progress report due on Wednesday.  On Wednesday, Norman will give the progress report presentation.  Although much of the research is done, we still need to bring all of our information together to get a complete final design. 

Anything needed from client or TA or instructor to continue work: 
None

Current status of project:
We met with our client this week and discussed the progress that has been made with the project and where we need to go from here. The client informed us that they would prefer for us to focus on a mouth guard design where the oral temperature is taken rather than on a temperature sensor in the helmet. We also have the option of continuing with both a mouth guard and a helmet design. We need to make a decision whether the temperature readings for our system will be coming from the mouth or the temporal artery.

Work planned for next week:
We plan on speaking with Dr. Anastasio to discuss how we should proceed with the change in project direction. We will start looking into design alternatives and figure out what design would work best for our situation.

Anything needed from client or TA or instructor to continue work:
Planning on communicating with Dr. Anastasio about the altered design focus.

Current status of project:

We have completed the initial background research on existing products and technology related to our design. We are beginning to look into different design concepts. We are still considering whether or not the mouth guard temperature sensor would be an effective way of measuring core temperature. Our client has been working towards putting accelerometers in a mouth guard and would like to see if it would be possible to implement the temperature sensor with this system. We are also still taking into consideration the helmet temperature sensor using infrared technology. We are looking into how this technology could be made compact enough to fit in a helmet. We have out project website up and running and plan on continuing to add to it.

Work planned for next week:

We will be meeting with Marc Schmidt this week to discuss our progress and look for some direction as to where to go with the information we have collected. We will be completing our DesignSafe analysis on our product. We will continue to research different design concepts.

Anything needed from client or TA or instructor to continue work:

None