An automated hood hair dryer.

Abstract

The hood hair dryers currently used in Uganda use the mechanism of estimation and setting the time, the hair of the customer will take to dry. They can’t help the hair dresser tell when the hair is dry. In most cases the hair is either not yet dry or it’s too much dried. This has led to overheating of the customer’s hair and scalp which causes brittleness, breakage, dullness, and dryness of hair to the point where it is stripped of its natural moisture, causing the customer’s cuticles to dry and snap off. This also causes power and time wastage, for the hair dresser and the customer respectively. This project was therefore aimed at developing a system that provides an automated way of drying hair using a hood hair dryer basing on the hairs’ moisture content. It increases independence in drying hair as it enables automatic and accurate hair drying without intervention of the hair dresser. It also reduces power consumption and time wastage. This work is arranged mainly in six chapters, chapter one includes the background information on drying human hair, the problem statement considered in the study, justification, objectives and scope of the project. Chapter two discusses the literature related to the system which includes human hair and temperature in a hood hair dryer, Chapter three illustrates the methodologies used in coming up with the working prototype of the system that is to say: observation, literature review, and consultation, Chapter four includes system design and analysis, Chapter five contains the implementation and testing of the system and finally chapter six which contains the summary of the work, discussions and recommendations.