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My essay looked at bioengineering, biomedical developments and Sci-Art, and I was particularly interested in the examples which looked at animals and ways to help animals.

I have started to look into small biomedical engineering projects to find inspiration for my own project. Some projects were to make fairly normal devices, like a digital thermometer or hearing aid, but some sounded more interesting and unheard of.

One of these is an emotional stress indicator, which is a device that shows when the user is experiencing a high level of stress. It does this through LED's and beeping when the stress level is high. It works on the idea that the resistance of the skin is lower when stressed, and higher when not. This is due to the blood supply to the skin. The device would work by using pads attatched to the skin to monitor resistance levels.

Another project was a sleep inducer, which aims to help people suffering from insomnia. The idea behind the device is that geo-magnetic fields can be used to help make an environment which will aid sleep. The device generates these geo-magnetic fields.