Intelligent Thermometer Joseph A Hancock Food Poisoning Salmonella

Intelligent Thermometer Joseph A. Hancock

Food Poisoning Salmonella ► Abdominal ► Persistent cramps vomiting ► Diarrhea ► Fever ► Headache ► Drug-resistant

Food Poisoning Clostridium botulinum ► Nervous system disturbances ► Double vision ► Difficulty swallowing ► Difficulty breathing ► Death

Food Poisoning Campylobacter Jejuni ► Persistent: lasts up to 10 days ► Headache ► Cramps ► Fever ► Bloody diarrhea

Food Poisoning Listeria monocytogenes ► Fever / chills ► Intestinal flu-like symptoms ► Vomiting ► Trouble breathing ► Spontaneous abortions

Health Concerns Each year… ► 76 million people are infected with some type of food poisoning. ► 325, 000 people are hospitalized. ► 5, 000 people die.

Financial Costs Each year… ► $5 to $6 billion is spent in direct and indirect medical care. ► $1 billion is spent treating Salmonella alone. ► $9. 6 billion in lost productivity and wages.

A solution ► An Intelligent Thermometer to monitor your food ► Controls your oven to ensure proper temperatures ► Monitors cooking times to ensure food is properly cooked ► Shuts off oven at the right time! Food will not be overcooked!

A solution ► Adjustable cooking times to prepare food to taste ► Built-in redundancy to prevent against failure ► Increased accuracy due to calibration features ► Dishwasher safe!

Benefits ► Easy to use ► Automated ► Requires no supervision ► Redundant sensors for safety ► Programmable / Delayed start

Issues ► Thermometer malfunctions § Calibration is possible § Redundant sensor inside oven ► User ‘forgets’ to use thermometer § Detectable and preventable with software ► Cost § Target is new oven purchases available

Resources Background ► Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services http: //www. vdacs. state. va. us/index. html ► University of Rhode Island, Department of Microbiology http: //www. uri. edu/cels/cmb

Resources Imagery ► Dennis Kunkel Microsocpy, Inc. http: //dennickunkel. com

Resources Signal Processors ► Texas Instruments http: //www. ti. com ► Net Device Co. , Ltd. http: //www. netdevice. co. kr

Resources Sensors ► Maxim Integrated Products http: //www. maxim-ic. com ► National Semiconductor http: //www. netdevice. co. kr

Resources Materials ► Boedeker Plastics http: //www. boedeker. com ► Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Metals and Ceramics Division http: //www. ms. ornl. gov/mchome. htm

Resources Power Sources ► First Principles, Inc. http: //www. firstprinciples. com ► Maran & Co. http: //www. maran. co. uk

Resources Regulations ► Federal Communication Commission http: //www. fcc. gov ► United States Department of Agriculture http: //www. usda. gov ► Food and Drug Adminstration http: //www. fda. gov

Resources Contact ► Joseph A. Hancock Group 2 CS 410 Computer-Based Productivity I Old Dominion University jhancock@cs. odu. edu