Everything from heart rate to muscle contractions can be monitored in modern hospitals. Doctors and other medical practitioners use information obtained from monitoring devices to effectively treat ill or injured patients. Electronic engineers commonly work to create new medical monitoring devices. Envision a tool that could be used to monitor a patient's medical status. Either make modifications to an existing device to better it in some way, or invent an entirely new device. You could, for example, modify the intravenous delivery system, creating a more compact device to control the flow of fluid into a patient. Create a schematic for your new device, explaining the basics of how it would function and what purpose it would serve. To extend the activity, create a model of your original medical monitoring device.
Electronic engineers can work as network administrators, monitoring computer systems for the government or private corporations. To effectively establish a computer system, engineers must create a logical network of computers. Create a network map, explaining how you would set up a computer system to allow for easy user interface and effective system sharing. Create a real-world scenario, in which you must establish or make modifications to a system that is already in place, or create your network map from scratch, outlining how you would create the system. For example, start with an existing layout of computers on campus, and map how you would connect these devices to create a network. Or create a scenario with a certain number of computers that need to be networked, and where these computers would be located, to form the framework for your creation.
Robots were once only a fixture of science fiction. Now, robots are used for a variety of purposes, from bomb defusing to planetary exploration. Consider what advances you might be able to make in robot technology. Select a task, and explain how you would create a robotic way to complete it. Select any common daily task, such as folding the laundry or cooking eggs over-easy. Create a scale draft or model of your robotic creation and write a short description in which you explain how your robot would function and what jobs it would complete.
Communication technology has advanced by leaps and bounds in the recent decades. Continue this advancement by developing an emergency communication device. Consider a situation in which communication is vitally important for safety. Construct a hypothetical system that could enable the individual in need of aid to communicate with others who may be able to assist him. Create a schematic and provide a description of your device, explaining the basic principles of operation.