Capstone Project

TECHNOLOGY CATEGORY

Smart Wearables Machine Learning / AI

INDUSTRY SPONSOR

Harman

PROBLEM SPACE

Open Source Tech

DATE COMPLETED

December 15, 2019

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Harman Harmonica

A person with long dark hair and glasses is smiling while wearing white over-ear headphones, standing outdoors with a blurred background of trees and buildings.

Problem

Headphones can block our timely reactions to emergencies, broadcasts, and greetings, reducing our responsiveness in ever-changing environments. As a result, you need to take on and off headphones frequently at conversations, outdoor walks, or waiting at terminals.

Approach

The team followed a human-centered design process, collecting feedback and insights as they iterated and evaluated their prototypes.

Solution

Harmonica is a Machine Learning powered real-time software solution which monitors, predicts, and reacts to its surroundings. This gives any pair of headphones acoustic ambience capabilities with no extra hardware needed.

Team Members

Jason Cui

Feng Wang

Sixuan Li

Xingyu Pan

View the team’s poster (PDF)