Intelligent Thermometer

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Intelligent Thermometer

• Joseph A. Hancock

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Food Poisoning

• Salmonella
• Abdominal cramps
• Persistent vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Fever
• Headache
• Drug-resistant

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Food Poisoning

• Clostridium botulinum
• Nervous system disturbances
• Double vision
• Difficulty swallowing
• Difficulty breathing
• Death

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Food Poisoning

• Campylobacter Jejuni
• Persistent lasts up to 10 days
• Headache
• Cramps
• Fever
• Bloody diarrhea

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Food Poisoning

• Listeria monocytogenes
• Fever / chills
• Intestinal flu-like symptoms
• Vomiting
• Trouble breathing
• Spontaneous abortions

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Health Concerns

• Each year
• 76 million people are infected with some type of
  food poisoning.
• 325,000 people are hospitalized.
• 5,000 people die.

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Financial Costs

• Each year
• 5 to 6 billion is spent in direct and indirect
  medical care.
• 1 billion is spent treating Salmonella alone.
• 9.6 billion in lost productivity and wages.

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A solution

• An Intelligent Thermometer to monitor your food
• Controls your oven to ensure proper temperatures
• Monitors cooking times to ensure food is properly
  cooked
• Shuts off oven at the right time! Food will not
  be overcooked!

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A solution

• Adjustable cooking times to prepare food to taste
• Built-in redundancy to prevent against failure
• Increased accuracy due to calibration features
• Dishwasher safe!

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Benefits

• Easy to use
• Automated
• Requires no supervision
• Redundant sensors for safety
• Programmable / Delayed start

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Issues

• Thermometer malfunctions
• Calibration is possible
• Redundant sensor inside oven
• User forgets to use the thermometer
• Detectable and preventable with software
• Cost
• Target is new oven purchases available

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Resources

• Background
• Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer
  Serviceshttp//www.vdacs.state.va.us/index.html
• University of Rhode Island, Department of
  Microbiologyhttp//www.uri.edu/cels/cmb

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Resources

• Imagery
• Dennis Kunkel Microsocpy, Inc.http//dennickunkel
  .com

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Resources

• Signal Processors
• Texas Instrumentshttp//www.ti.com
• Net Device Co., Ltd.http//www.netdevice.co.kr

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Resources

• Sensors
• Maxim Integrated Products http//www.maxim-ic.com
• National Semiconductorhttp//www.netdevice.co.kr

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Resources

• Materials
• Boedeker Plasticshttp//www.boedeker.com
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Metals and
  Ceramics Divisionhttp//www.ms.ornl.gov/mchome.ht
  m

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Resources

• Power Sources
• First Principles, Inc.http//www.firstprinciples.
  com
• Maran Co.http//www.maran.co.uk

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Resources

• Regulations
• Federal Communication Commissionhttp//www.fcc.go
  v
• United States Department of Agriculturehttp//www
  .usda.gov
• Food and Drug Adminstrationhttp//www.fda.gov

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Resources

• Contact
• Joseph A. Hancock
• Group 2
• CS 410 Computer-Based Productivity I
• Old Dominion University
• jhancock_at_cs.odu.edu