Chronological updates, logs, and activity regarding the ThermBand project.
Over the past four weeks, the enclosure for our proof-of-concept model has undergone an iterative design and development process. The baseline architecture consists of a rectangular geometry featuring four …
Read More →Over the past week, we refined our Kalman Filter implementation following the biophysical model proposed in “Estimation of Core Body Temperature from Skin Temperature, Heat Flux, and Heart Rate Using a …
Read More →A Kalman Filter code was developed and implemented following the biophysical model proposed in the scientific paper “Estimation of core body temperature from skin temperature, heat flux, and heart rate …
Read More →Over the past week, we established the backend structure and the webapp’s management interface. The system employs a SQLite database on the IST Sigma server to store biometric, environmental, and accelerometry …
Read More →During the past week, we began building the prototype using the materials currently available. After soldering the pin headers onto both the ESP32-C6 and the ADXL345 sensor, we completed the necessary …
Read More →Status of Solution Development Our technical solution has evolved significantly. We have transitioned to the XIAO ESP32-C6 microcontroller for its superior power management and compact size. The system now …
Read More →On March 26th, we met with Faculdade de Motricidade Humana to gather key insights for our project. During this meeting, the utility of the Physiological Strain Index was confirmed as a valuable tool for …
Read More →Our team has finalized the hardware selection that will power the ElectroCap prototype. The focus was to ensure maximum energy efficiency and biometric accuracy. Our Final Configuration Microcontroller: XIAO …
Read More →Our meeting on 23 March with the Innovation and Human Capital teams at Infraestruturas de Portugal confirmed a critical gap in safety management: the absence of a real-time thermal stress monitoring system for …
Read More →During the mid-program phase, our team refined the ElectroCap prototype requirements and architecture to ensure maximum clinical accuracy and energy efficiency. This post now contains the full technical …
Read More →On 13 March 2026, we held a meeting with Mota-Engil to examine the issue of thermal stress and physically demanding working conditions. During this meeting, the existence of the problem and the need for an …
Read More →In order to evaluate the existence of the problem our solution is trying to solve, we had a meeting with Proteção Civil. With this meeting we were able to confirm that in situations like fire fighting, there …
Read More →Our project officially kicked off! The ThermBand team met to align on the project scope, divide responsibilities and set up our development workflow. We defined the core problem we are solving — the lack of …
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