I am in a course called Engineering Design and have to come up with and build a small scale project that will in some way improve life in a dorm room. My major is electrical engineering, so preferably whatever I create will involve electronics in some shape or form...

I have about two weeks to create a prototype design and can't come up with any realistic idea of what to build. So I thought I'd try my chances here and see if anyone has any ideas of what I could create!

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better lighting and automatic doors

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i agree with the lighting, try to come up with a good lighting system or maybe a way to conserve space more

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''oooooooooh you touch my tralala''

I dunno... specifically dorm life?  I dunno, touch screens in dorm rooms that do something?  Maybe something like prereserving a shower, or being able to order food from specific restaurants, or something weird like that... but then again, I suppose that's like the internet, lol.

Let's see, something to do with lighting, or possibly creating something in the rooms that would increase space?  Maybe like something in the closet that can shift to the side to make more room... but I suppose you wouldn't need electricity for that.

Lmao... yeah, sorry, I'm of no help.  Maybe something to do with how you get in and out of your dorm room?  Maybe some kind of screen that can divide the room if one person really needs to study but the other roommate wants to sleep or talk or something?  All of these things are basically things that probably exist in some shape or form...

check that out, theres a house that is built 8'x8'x8'. maybe you'll get an idea from there

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"I love the name of honor more than I fear death. Veni, Vedi, Vici. "

Maybe I'll try and think about something I could do with lighting, because in my dorm this year I've been provided with one poor light that barely lights any of the room.

The only thing is what we design has to be something never really been done before so it'd be pretty difficult to do somehting with lighting i feel.

Thanks for all the great ideas though, they're really helping me think that I can get this done and do well!