Toilet Keeper- Keep your toilet clean and keep your partner happy

Overview of My Submission

Has anyone told you to close the toilet lid after using bathroom? And you can't make a habit of doing so? Then, this is the system you need!
This is an alert system to keep your toilet clean and keep your partner happy.(If he/she doesn't like your way of using toilet.lol)
With this system, if you leave bathroom without closing the toilet lid , the unique alert system and a desktop notification let you know you forget to close the lid.

Demonstration

System Overview

Why I built this system

Because my girlfriend often tells me to close the toilet lid after using bathroom but I always forget to do that. She says closing it is good for keeping the toilet clean and having less chances to drop something into toilet. I agreed with her but could not make a habit of closing the lid everytime I use bathroom. At that time, I happened to use Azure IoT Hub at work and find this azure hackathon on DEV.to. I felt like I could build something to break my bad habit and decided to join the hackathon!
I hope this system will help somebody who has the same habit and a partner who doesn't like it. lol
Happy Hacking!

Submission Category:

Wacky Wildcards

Link to Code on GitHub

shunexe / ToiletKeeper

Toilet Keeper

Keep Your Toilet Clean and Keep Your Partner Happy

This is an alert system to keep your toilet clean and keep your partner happy.(If he/she doesn't like your way of using toilet.lol) With this system, if you leave bathroom without closing the toilet lid , the unique alert system and a desktop notification let you know you forget to close the lid.

Check the demonstration on youtube https://youtu.be/lbmWat5kvqQ

See my dev.to post about his system. https://dev.to/iron_samurai/azure-trial-hackathon-submission-post-placeholder-title-l7f-temp-slug-9976056?preview=b2e5c1e09dc8dcb0ef66921823741e964c579cfadde56dfdc467701521d9c98272dd82f39ab4366b288140d8768e624a51e3d09862a96f5880ad47bc

Why I built this system

Have you ever been told to close the toilet lid?
Yes,I have.
Now I am living with my girlfriend ,and she often told me to close the toilet lid after I use bathroom She says closing it is good for keeping the toilet clean and having less chances to drop something into toilet. I agreed with her but could not make a habit of closing the lid…

View on GitHub

Additional Resources / Info

Detailed explanation of my system is written on REDME in my repository.So, if you got interested in it, please visit my repo.

I will add some pictures of my system below since these are not in the repo.

• Toilet with sensors

• Alert System

• Desktop App

Comments

[Shun]

@thepracticaldev

[Shun]

@fp @alicefolvaiter @sandy_codes_py @dev117uday @hungle00 @marcobertelli @tylerjusfly

[Shun]

@xaviermignot @kithminiii @ikumen @star_trooper @preciouschicken @sam9111 @just_moh_it

[Shun]

Hi, Azure trial hackathon winners.
Sorry for a sudden mention and message.
I am iron_samurai and also one of the winners in the category of Wacky Wildcard.I have one thing to ask.
Did you already receive the prizes? If any of you did not receive the prize , I think we can help each other to receive them.
Needless to say I didn't get mine, though the prize notification email said DEV team would start processing from April 11th.
I've been waiting for responses from DEV team to my email,twitter DM,mention above but got no words so far.
So I started wondering if if this is happening only to me or not.
Thank you for reading this comment and your kindness.
Sincerely,
iron_samurai.

[ikumen]

I haven't heard or received anything as well. I'm sure they're working on it though. Couple of years back I did a hackathon and as a participant got some swag but it was like 6 months later, out of nowhere.

[Santhosh (sandy inspires)]

Yay, it might take some time for the swags for sure due to the logistics. But for cash prize it's easy to just hit transfer in PayPal.

[Precious Chicken]

Hi @iron_samurai just checked my PayPal account, nothing yet.

I loved your entry for the hackathon by the way, glad it picked up a prize.

[Xavier Mignot]

Hi !
I have received the same email as you, I have use the code on the Forem shop to order and items are arriving separately (I'm wearing a DEV shirt at work rn ;)).
I have no news regarding the other prizes, I'm wondering if the Microsoft stickers will come with the DEV stickers who will arrive in the next few days.

[Tyler]

Not to worry. the team will get back to you.

[marco-bertelli]

how can you say it??

[Shun]

@ikumen
Thank you for your reply!

Relieved to hear that you're in the same situation.
out of nowhere. lol . It seems I should not expect to get them in a few months.

@sandy_codes_py
Thank you for your reply!

But for cash prize it's easy to just hit transfer in PayPal.

True. I understand shippings would take some time. But transferring money would not take so long. Maybe they have a financial issue ? lol

@preciouschicken
Thank you for your reply!

Same.Nothing came into my paypal account.

I loved your entry for the hackathon by the way, glad it picked up a prize.

Haha, Thanks! I liked yours too. When I was a child I often visited NASA website and checked beautiful pictures from the space, your product reminded me of those days.

@xaviermignot
Thank you for your reply!

I'm wearing a DEV shirt at work rn

Cool! I have a question about the $300 coupon code.
Does the coupon has residual value if purchase amount
is less than the coupon amount ?

[Shun]

@marcobertelli
Thank you for your reply!

Relieved to hear that you're in the same situation.
I would tell you if I have any progress in this problem on this thread by mentioning you.

@tylerjusfly
Thank you for your reply!

Not to worry. the team will get back to you.
I really hope so. They could reply our emails at least, first of all, though.

[Xavier Mignot]

@iron_samurai

Does the coupon has residual value if purchase amount
is less than the coupon amount ?

I don't think so but I'm not sure, I have used my 162$ voucher in a single order. Beware of the shipping cost if you live outside the US ;o)

Overall regarding the delay of the prizes I guess it always takes some time to arrive (I have seen the same kind of discussion for other hackathons on DEV), let's chill and trust the DEV team 😉

And @iron_samurai I hadn't seen your contribution before, it is really cool (from an Azure IoT Hub lover 😉), congrats for doing this within a month 🚀

[Shun]

Beware of the shipping cost if you live outside the US ;o)

Oh,yeah. That is right. I need to save some amount for that. Thanks

let's chill and trust the DEV team 😉

They finally sent me a reply about the prize! yey.

And @iron_samurai I hadn't seen your contribution before, it is really cool (from an Azure IoT Hub lover 😉), congrats for doing this within a month 🚀

Thank you so much! Glad to know that you are also a IoT Hub lover :-) In my opinion, Azure has less technical articles on the internet compared to AWS or GCP. Your posts would be my help and I hope my future posts will be your help, someday. (currently, struggling performance tuning using Stream Analytics and batching telemetries)

[marco-bertelli]

same thing here, no prizes received for now..., wrote to dev mail, tag anywhere but same situation as you.
if you have any idea contact me at [e-mail]

[Mohit Yadav]

Same here, but I'm sure they'll sort it out. They have been hosting these hackathons for years, and sometimes things don't align too well and delays occur. Maybe we could just wait and see 😃

[Shun]

Thank you for your reply!!

Same here, but I'm sure they'll sort it out.

Relieved to hear that you're in the same situation. I really hope they will do their part. I wonder why they do not give us any responses.

[Mohit Yadav]

They probably have a lot of people asking for the same thing. They can't reply to anyone and I guess they suspect that adding it to any public thread, so everyone could read, can make the people who would be participating in future hackathons reluctant, since they'd publically confirm that the participants are facing delays. Again, this is pure speculation... Let's hope for the best 😃

[Santhosh (sandy inspires)]

Check your PayPal accounts, the prize money has been transfered!!

[FrankPohl]

@iron_samurai looks like they started to hit the transfer button in their PayPal app. I received my trophy money today.

[Precious Chicken]

Me too. Money in my paypal account today, and my swag arrived earlier this week.

(NB - I didn't have any money left over on my voucher, I spent the lot and then paid a little bit extra out of my own pocket...).

Good luck on next hackathon...

[Shun]

Thank you guys. @just_moh_it @sandy_codes_py @fp @preciouschicken

I got a reply about the prize from DEV team! I finally got relieved though I couldn't receive the prize because of my fault. lol I didn't finish my identity verification and had the receiving limit.
I would receive the prize after the verification process ends or maybe use alternative transfer solution.

Anyway, I would be able to receive what I should get.

Again, thank you for everything. Without you sharing information, I would have been much more anxious.
See you in another hackathon! Happy hacking.

[Shun]

DEV team started sending the prize. Check your paypal account. Your prize would be there.
@marcobertelli @ikumen @xaviermignot @kithminiii @dev117uday

[Uday Yadav]

yups, received this morning.

[marco-bertelli]

yeah!

[FrankPohl]

Hi @iron_samurai , I got the first package of my Forem Shop order yesterday. Second part is on it's way.
I haven't received anything else yet.
I'm a bit worried because I do not know whether I answered everything correctly in the form I had to fill. Until now there was no feedback that everything was correct but there is no money either.

[Shun]

Thank you for your reply!

I'm a bit worried because I do not know whether I answered everything correctly in the form I had to fill. Until now there was no feedback that everything was correct but there is no money either.

I thought the same thing. I don't even know if my form is submitted successfully or not and got no confirmation email after submission. I hope they will not say that my form is not received and I cannot get the prize.

By the way, I have a question about the coupon. Though I asked another guy the same thing, let me also ask you about it.

Does the coupon has residual value if purchase amount
is less than the coupon amount ?

[FrankPohl]

I don't know if there is residual value because I have used it in one order.

[Bhagya]

@iron_samurai Hi,

Have the same question. I also sent emails and twitter DMs to the dev and not yet replies from them.

[Shun]

Thank you for your reply!!

Really. So you also got no responses from them.
Relieved to hear that you're in the same situation. On the other hand, I really wonder why they do not reply us at all.

[Uday Yadav]

about to receive my swags, they have landed in my country, nothing on cash prize ...

[Shun]

Thank you for your reply!!

It seems that swags are being delivering to everybody without problem. Maybe because the shop system is automated and the prize money transferring is not..

[Uday Yadav]

Congratulations !!

[Shun]

Thank you so much!!

[FrankPohl]

Kind of weird but fits in wacky wildcard. Congratulations.

[Shun]

Haha,thank you so much! "weird" is a compliment to this project!

[Fum]

A really creative idea! I enjoy seeing IoT related projects :)
I also made an IoT related submission for the hackathon. (Monitoring DEV comments with Raspberry PI)

[Shun]

Thank you for your comment!!
You post is also amazing! I've wanted to use Raspberry PI for IoT system.

It will help me learn how to do it !Thanks