HAND GENERATOR HEATED GLOVES
Northeastern University: Heated gloves with the ability to be recharged on the go by a hand held generator to ensure that a charge never goes empty.
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Problem: Winter leads to extremely cold temperatures that can make performing simple tasks extremely difficult and uncomfortable without the proper attire
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Goal: Create a heated glove that can be charged on the go allowing a user to increase their dexterity and comfort under cold conditions
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Action: Designed a hand-held generator that utilizes a hand’s squeezing motion to supply power to the gloves’ battery
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Action: Utilized Fusion 360 to generate the gear mechanism that will turn the flywheel
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Action: Created a working prototype of the hand generator
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Action: Tested the capability of the hand generator utilizing an Arduino board to track output voltage over time
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Result: An ergonomic hand generator capable of charging the glove's power banks
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Action: Researched the capability of heating plates: a circuit with high resistivity that produces a safe level of thermal energy when a current is passed through it
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Action: Designed a circuit that will change the alternating current created by the generator into DC to charge the gloves batteries
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Action: Created a working prototype of the gloves’ liner and tested its thermal output
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Result: A lightweight glove that successfully warms the user’s hands
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Discussion: To improve the design the heating plates should be replaced with carbon fiber tape to allow heat dispersion into the fingers and increase ergonomics
