DescriptionThe Mosquito is a force/displacement sensor device. The aim of the project is to productize the Mosquito and to develop other applications for it.
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Sub-projects
Academic network around this projectShort-term goals- Electronics
- Optics
- Detailed characterization of the joint-type transducer - started
- Create and test first constriction transducer - 30% done
- Test intrinsically sensitive bandgap fibers from Maksim starting
- Build and test the modular optical fiber version of the Mosquito, compare with the first version - 90% done
- Mechanics
- Build a transducer manufacturing device open doc- third prototype tested, moving towards a forth version
- Build the first prototype of the Scientific Instrument at Montreal Heart Institute - under testing now
- Software
Long-term goalsDesign and build a hand-held Mosquito, entirely open hardware, driven by open software.
Milestones- Install the first Mosquito Scientific System at Montreal Heart Institute - DONE
- Characterize the Mosquito Scientific System (already in progress at Montreal Heart Institute)
- Get at least a technical publication out
- Get some data in physiology
Participants- Active Members
- Partners: Optech Montreal, Sabah Hussein (Royal Victoria, McGill University), Maksim Skorobogatiy (Plytechnique de Montreal),
[This list will be replaced with a UI/script which will automatically pull info from the activity log, and display members involved and their relative contribution. See infrastructure activity cluster for more on infrastructure development.]
IncentivesRevenue will be generated by selling the Mosquito
- All members involved in design and prototyping of the Mosquito will be compensated from the income generated by sales, in proportion with their involvement. Any future improvement of the Mosquito will be accounted for.
- Members involved in the manufacturing process will get compensated according to the amount of time they put in.
- Members involved on marketing and branding will also get a cut of sells.
- A cut is also allocated to members operating in the social space, helping our community to grow and improving the image of our community, and to members working on SENSORICA's infrastructure.
Grants
Tools, activities, and processes- Database
- General folder: SENSORICA/Projects/Mosquito
- For the first Mosquito Scientific Instrument installation at McGill we're using the folder SENSORICA/Projects/Sabah Hussein,
- For the Mosquitoinstallation at the Montreal Heart Center
we're using the folder
SENSORICA/Projects/Philippe Comtois.
- Use mosquito_project as tag for Diigo
- Activities related to electronics - see the Electronics activity cluster page.
- Project management - see the Gantt Chart (members only)
Skills and resources neededWe need electrical engineers to design the Mosquito electronics We need mechanical engineers to package the Mosquito. You can also contribute financially to reduce the burden on materials. Contact us through our mailing list if you want to take initiative.
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Status
Announcements from Philippe's project
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Why we should explore microfiber transducers
Our recent results with the joint-type transducer and the constriction transducer tell us that in order to reach cellular level sensitivity we need to explore microfibers.
Posted Jun 13, 2013, 10:00 AM by Tiberius Brastaviceanu
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New LED 850nm Mosquito is in a box
The new LED 850nm Mosquito goes in a box. This is the Prototype II (open document to see more).We are now using it to produce different types of transducers ...
Posted Jun 12, 2013, 9:51 AM by Tiberius Brastaviceanu
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LED-based Mosquito turns out to be more stable
The making of the prototypeOn April 02, 2013, Tibi, Jonathan and Daniel had a "Mosquito Sprint" to assemble and test a new Mosquito using an LED at 850nm and ...
Posted Apr 6, 2013, 10:44 AM by Tiberius Brastaviceanu
Announcements from Sabah's project
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Inspection of old system and plan for installation
Today, June 26, 2012 we had a meeting with Dr. Sabah and Dr. Danialou at Meakins-Christie Laboratories, to see the type of system Dr. Danialou wants to have retrofitted ...
Posted Jun 26, 2012, 10:17 AM by Tiberius Brastaviceanu
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Project regains it's momentum
Last Friday we had another meeting with Dr. Sabah Hussein to discuss about the installation of another Mosquito system in his lab. This project was delayed for different reasons and ...
Posted Jun 17, 2012, 10:22 AM by Tiberius Brastaviceanu
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Work Party April 01, 2012
Some progress was made on signal conditioning for the new Mosquito. Open Work Party report. We are still in the process of choosing the proper amp chip, but we know ...
Posted Apr 1, 2012, 11:28 PM by Tiberius Brastaviceanu
Announcements for the joint-type transducer
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Testing of the convex delivery exit with flat mirror joint-type transducer
Today, Tibi created a setup to test the convex delivery exit with flat mirror joint-type transducer. A 1550nm Mosquito (with Chinese parts: LD+isolator, PD and a 50/50 ...
Posted Apr 7, 2013, 5:49 PM by Tiberius Brastaviceanu
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The joint-type transducer with an LED-based Mosquito
See results presented here.
Posted Apr 7, 2013, 5:20 PM by Tiberius Brastaviceanu
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Transducer fabrication device
Work is being done on the joint-type transducer fabrication device. Tibi, Ivan and Daniel are collaborating on this. We are still working on a prototype device, to learn what ...
Posted Jul 17, 2012, 8:06 PM by Tiberius Brastaviceanu
Announcements for the constriction transducer
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Glass fiber constriction studies using the LED 850nm Mosquito
Open to editOpen to edit
Posted May 10, 2013, 5:14 PM by Tiberius Brastaviceanu
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Constriction transducer from PMMA fiber
Today, Joel continued the work on the PMMA fiber constriction device. He completed and tested the oven containing an omega-shaped nikel-chromium alloy wire. Previously, Joel wrote the manual ...
Posted Apr 11, 2013, 1:16 PM by Tiberius Brastaviceanu
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Constriction transducers reach the sensitivity of the joint-type
Last week Tibi made a few constriction transducers using the fiber cleaver, which are as sensitive as the joint-type. Two of them were brought to Phil's lab, and ...
Posted Mar 28, 2013, 2:20 AM by Tiberius Brastaviceanu
Announcements for the intrinsec transducer
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First results with the bragg fiber
Hang, working from his lab at the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, obtained the first conclusive results for the intrinsic bend-sensitive optical fiber. This optical fiber has immediate applications in ...
Posted Jan 22, 2013, 7:41 PM by Sensorica Group
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Project is starting
We are getting ready to perform the first tests on some polymer bandgap fibers. Ordered the (330micron and 125micron inner diameter) connectors for polishing the fiber about two weeks ago ...
Posted Nov 22, 2012, 6:37 PM by hang qu
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ENGAGE grant was awarded!
A $25,000 grant was awarded on Oct 5th, 2012. The goal of this project is to design new optical fiber displacement/force transducers. See grant application - members only. See ...
Posted Oct 15, 2012, 6:43 PM by Tiberius Brastaviceanu
Mosquito tested on real muscle samples
Transducer stiffness calibration
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