Making Sense of Sensors

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Making Sense of Sensors

The Covid-19 pandemic affected public health enormously. Research has shown that physical activity increases when people listen to music. This study explores if there is a relationship between sound intensity and the number of steps. Therefore, the research question was ‘How does the intensity of sound have an impact on a person’s activity levels regarding the number of steps taken. To investigate this research question, data from five participants was gathered. The steps were measured with the Xiaomi Mi Band (version 4,5 or 6) and the sound intensity was measured with a sound detection module LM393. Data was gathered and cleaned after a two-week period. The results in this paper can only be interpreted as suggestive results and answers to the research question and are likely to be reliable. Looking at the results, it was found that there is most likely no relationship between the intensity of sound and the number of steps.

Course:

Making Sense of Sensors

Date:

June 2022

Students:

Milou van Gompel

Eva Veldhorst

Anne van de Ven

Niels Witlox

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