Undergraduate Projects

Smart Gloves

Surgical skills are a vital asset in the medical industry. In order to train surgeons, we need excellent educational tools, that are of high precision and accuracy. Dr. Gough Lui, an accomplished biomedical researcher, aims to deliver such a tool through a mobile app experience. By making use of Bluetooth “Smart-Gloves” with embedded sensors, a surgeon can test their skills based on realtime data from their practice. To further articulate this vision, Dr. Lui has proposed the development of a mock app to demonstrate some of the core functionality.

Solution Description

The solution is a cross-platform mobile app, available for iOS and Android. It is designed around two core features: Practice, and Challenge. The Practice mode displays pre-recorded video and sensor data. The sensor data is animated on a live chart, which is in synchronisation with the video playback. This mocks the functionality of the app when being used with the Smart-Gloves. The Challenge mode displays a live feed of the phone’s camera, and live charts from the phone’s sensors. This mocks the functionality of the app when recording data. Both modes feature a results page, which displays statistics and feedback from the session.

Technologies Used

The project solution was built with Flutter, which is an open-source cross-platform development kit created by Google. This allowed the project to be deployed on both iOS and Android, from a single codebase. Additionally, this promotes tight feature and UX parity across the two platforms.

Developed By:
Thomas Amerongen