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The below is a repost of a letter I posted about 5-6 days ago.
The response was good.  Several good ideas came out of it.  I am 
reposting to see if I can get a few more.  Thanks to those who 
responded last time.
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Good day.

I am an Electrical Engineering student about to enter my last academic term in
university.  This term we can choose all our courses (for specialization)
except for one.  This is why I am writing this letter.

The mandatory course is a project course in which we pick a project and apply
 what we have learned for the last five years.  The projects vary in
complexity and scope.  Generally there are two types of projects: a pure
research paper in which something new etc. is discussed, and one in which a 
prototype of the project is built and tested.  Examples of some projects done 
before are neural network theory, design and building of an 8088 stand-alone 
computer, remote control using MF and HF frequencies, etc.

My problem is that I can't come up with a project.  Can anyone out there 
suggest something?  I am interested in communications, and electronics 
(no power engineering).  I can program in C and assembler (80x86).  I am 
not sure what I want to do, ie. just a report or to come up with a product 
and build it.  Note, the projects are usually original and fill some gap in 
technology. 

Here are some of the things that have crossed my mind:
-Sound processing in real time (ie. effects) (digital or analog).
-Voice synthesis add on card for a single board computer (text to speech)
-Some caller id type of application

I would like to do something with telephone interfacing/computer ... but 
again, everything I come up with has either been done before, too simple, 
too complex.

Any help / ideas received would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry for the long letter.

Steve.

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sstrong@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Electrical Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland