a Chinese lantern-inspired carbon monoxide sensor.

deng long

This was my senior capstone project for senior engineering course. It is a carbon monoxide sensor that shines different colors of light depending on the concentration of carbon monoxide around it. Inspired by a Chinese lantern, it has designs of a dragon (playing on the concept of deng, meaning light, and long, meaning dragon, to create deng long, meaning lantern). I really enjoyed the process of making the project. Here’s a video of it working, and you can check out the documentation of it here.