Attachable toilet sensor flusher: First finished prototype

So here it is, our very first motion activated toilet flusher prototype!

The whole prototype

The servo motor component

The arduino uno and the PIR motion sensor

This device is intended to be used for cats who are toilet trained (in case you might be wondering why we didn't use a IR sensor or Ultrasonic sensor instead. Although in the future an utrasonic sensor might be used if this prototype doesn't work too well.

For now if the cats go to the toilet the motion sensor picks up their movement, waits about 6 minutes, and then flushes the toilet. Cats usually take way less than 6 minutes to do their needs.

Since the motion sensor picks up a wide range of angle of motion it is place is a strategic place that only detects motion close to the toilet, so people can go into the bathroom to use the water sink and towel.

There's still quite more to go for this prototype to become an actual working and tested device, but it's a good first step!

If you want check out the video of the working prototype here:

Well that's about it for now, hope you liked it! If you did please google + us or drop us a comment, we really appreciate it!

Keep moving forward!
Innovating technology, creating hope.

Starting is never easy

TBM has been working on new devices using the arduino microcontroller but it hasn't been easy.

What should have been simple keeps bringing more and more challenges and pretty much from not having much arduino background or experience now we're mastering it. Also we're learning more and more electrical engineering and how to build circuits.

We've had a number of successes in development already but are still far away from completing our first product. Still the closer we get to it the harder we work, even if we fail a thousand times we keep trying.

Never give up.

"Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. 

Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.

Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. 

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

The slogan 'Press On' has solved and will solve the problems of the human race."

Calvin Coolidge once said it, and TBM lives it!

Looking forward to bringing you all our first prototype product soon!

Keep moving forward!

Innovating technology, creating hope.

TBM new blog!

Hello wonderful people! As some of you know TBM has been around for a few months already and someone suggested we start a blog to tell people more of what we do and how we do it. So here it is! TBM's first blog entry!!!

So what is TBM? What do they do? And what does the motto "innovating technology, creating hope mean?

As many of  you already know the company was created for the purpose of helping people through technology. Therefore if you go to our website www.usatbm.com you will notice it is only geared towards teaching people computers, and by request fixing computers as well. But that's not all TBM is actually intended for, it is just a means to an end. We desire nothing less than helping people through all kinds of technologies, not just computers!

To give some examples we've helped people with:

1. GPS use
2. Tablet use
3. Cellphone use
4. Bluetooth use
5. Video survailance
6. Portable blood pressure readers

And these are only the tip of the iceberg of what we can actually help with! 

TBM stands for True Bio-Medicine. Since the founder of TBM is a biomedical engineer he saw no better way to use technology and medicine than to help people, as opposed to making it into a business empire, thus the word True was added as such wonderful knowledge and tools must only be used for the good of everyone and not for selfish reasons. The bio-medicine part is because bio means anything with life, and medicine is the means to help life be and stay healthy. And although technology can actually sometimes be detrimental to health when it's overused or wrongly implemented into our lives, in reality it is the next natural step to human advancement, and if it is learned to use properly will propel humanity to the next level of progress. 

The motto "Innovating technology, creating hope" is what we stand for. We use any technological and engineering and medicinal knowledge to create unique and new innovating ways to help people, and we go were few will attempt to go to, from elderly people's houses to low income neighborhoods, thus we strive to create hope of learning everywhere. If people wish to learn we will go to them and teach them.

Well stay put for weekly blog entries and please feel free to comment on this blog or check out our website www.usatbm.com and facebook page www.facebook.com/usaTBM as well.

God bless you all and happy learning!