A group of Force Sensing Resistors (FSRs) react to the force applied on the hand by changing resistance.

We detect and use this change in resistance by converting it into a change in voltage. This happens on a custom Printed Circuit Board. We then send this over Bluetooth to the user's computer.

A custom application intuitively displays these forces using colour-mapping, helping the physiotherapist understand the athletes technique.

After success at the Big Bang Regional Finals, we recieved enough funding to start work on the second prototype of the SmartGlove. We started to think about what areas we could improve by analysing the previous prototype.

We got in touch with as many potential users of the SmartGlove as we could. We conducted interviews with physiotherapists around the country and took their feedback into account when designing Mk II. This prototype is more fit for purpose than ever before!

We started work on the glove itself after learning what the user would want. We built two parts of our project side by side: the software and the hardware. We designed and built the hardware on the glove from scratch, making it smaller and lighter than before. We wrote a whole new visualisation application from scratch, with new functionality such as playback and video calls.

We really think our product is something that physiotherapists would find useful. Our novel approaches to remote diagnosis and quantitative data collection are game changers in the world of physiotherapy. Past improving the glove itself, we would like to branch out and add a broader variety of smarter performance analysis tools, such as shoes and blood pressure monitors. We are really excited to see where this project leads.