We Were supposed to make a locker in the CAD software. The locker i chose to make would be one that could be used in a gym. It has a nice shelf on the top, a pole to hang things on, and a hook to hang things as well. Here is what it tooks like
And Finally everything together the locker looks like this.
A Few weeks ago we did a challenge where we had to make gliders out of balsa wood. Unfortunently i have not had the ability to make a post about it with pictures. But i do have a model of out plane produced from our CAD software. But first i will talk about how the project went.
When we first started we wanted to take it very seriously. And at first it was working out well. But then one day when we got to class our plane was broken, So we had to start over and we lost a lot of moral. Thankfully while i was away from the team (for being sick) they came up with a good plane that flew well.
On the day of flight there was little to no wind, which was amazing. And we finally got to see out competators planes. most of them were very well built. And one of them built by Jordans group got the furthest distance. Thier plane probably flew about 100 feet or so. Our plane did decently. It got an average flight distance, and an average flight time.
I would include pictures if i had then. But the most i can give you would be CAD pictures, so here they are.
Unfortunately this isn't what my group did for the egg drop. but what we did worked non the less. But i bet i am confusing you. last week we did an egg drop activity in class. We were given one egg and were told to make it survive the fall from the 2ns story of our school. We could use what we wanted but in order to get points we had to earn "achievements". The more we earn the more points we will earn
Here are the achievements my group earned.
Create a sketch of one possible solution. Include labels.
-Create a sketch of another possible solution. Include labels.
-Create a sketch of a third possible solution. Include labels.
-Your materials fit inside a printer paper box
-Your materials fit inside a shoe box
You hit the butcher paper!
-You hit inside the third ring!
-You hit inside the second ring!
-You hit inside the first ring!
-You hit the Bullseye!
-Your egg didn't break in any way! (awarded three times)
-Your egg didn't break in any way! (awarded three times)
-Your egg didn't break in any way! (awarded three times)
-Help set up the Bullseye.
For our group we chose to just drop the egg on a pillow. It was the most simple of the egg drops, and it also worked just fine. Our egg never broke, the hard part was hitting the pillow. But practice with an egg substitute the day before helped us be able to hit te target each times (we dropped it a total of 3 times).
What Steve Johnson talked about in this video is where ideas come from. He said that many ideas are not Eureka moments. But the colaberative effort of one or more minds over years or even decades.
-Many ideas are formed over years
-Many ideas are formed after one looks and ones mistakes
-Many ideas are formed In social gathering places
-Many ideas are formed when someone is effected by outside stimuli
-Most if not all ideas are not formed in Eureka moments
-Ideas can take many years to form.
That is roughly all that was said in the video. He gave a few examples of how this works. So as in the 1950's. Two students at a collage were interested in listneing to sputnick. And so they tuned into it, and then got the idea to start traking it using the doppler effect. And after a few weeks they had to who orbital pattern of Sputnick mapped. And then one of thier proffessors came to them and asked them if instead of traking somthing unkown in space from a known ground posistion. If they could trade somthing unknown on the ground from a known position in space. And after trying for a little while... GPS was born
1) What is the TED organization about?
TED is a small, nonprofit organization that is devoted "to spread ideas worth spreading".
2) What is the purpose of their website and how does the functionality of their site support that?
The purpose of their website is to direct you to videos or web articles from the people they have come in to spread their ideas. And the website helps to support that by making it easy to find the videos. Cause they are ssperated into catagories. And same for the articles they have.
3) As Engineers and Problem Solvers, which topic areas (the choices from the "Show talks related to:" section on the sidebar) are of most interest to us? Justify your answer.
I think the topics that would be most interesting to us would be, Things involving computer, Engineering ideas, Or just thinking in general. Cause many people here are able to think like engineers. And we are able to come up with ideas and also overcome problems that might otherwise block us.
4) Based on your previous answer, what are 3 talks (videos) on the site that appear like they would be of most interest to you as an Engineer/Problem Solver? Justify your choices.
Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from
Bill Gates: How state budgets are breaking US schools
Tim Berners-Lee: The year open data went worldwide
These would interest me because i care about out school system, and Bill Gates who we all know to be one of the most famour people in the world is talking about how it could be breaking.
The steve Johnson video was interesting because it is cool to know that most good ideas might takes year, even decades to form. And when they do it is usually not done in solitary Eureka moments, but when you are being affected by some outside stimuli.
And lastly the Year open data went wolrd wide sounds interesting because with the internet we are now able to share and talk with most everyone on the planet in almost and instant. And only 20-30 years ago that was a lot harder.
5) Each student will watch a unique video. Select a video to watch and inform Mr. Olson of your choice. If no one else has "claimed" the talk, you will be allowed to proceed with it. If someone else has already chosen the talk, you will be asked to pick another one. Watch the video. Create and post a bulletized outline of the key issues presented in the talk.
6) How could you get involved in the field/technology/issue you chose to hear about? What experience/skills/training/education would you need to learn to get involved with this field?
I am not sure about how i could join this guy in this field. But i imagine it might not be to hard. You would just need to go to a decent collage and choose the right majors. And if you do well you could try to apply for what ever organization he is part of.
1. What is the purpose or primary function of the object?
The Primary function of the object is the measure the weight of an object.
2. Make an educated guess as to how this product operates. Use simple machines’ terminology to explain the object’s sequential operation.
If i had to guess how it does this i would think that when you stand on the plate it might pull don on some wpring which in turn pull donw on a guage calibrated to measure up to a certain weight and then it will give you a reading of the weight.
3. Identify the system inputs, intended product function, and outputs. Use power point to create a "black box" graphic like the toothbrush example discussed in class. Save the slide as a .jpg image and post it to answer this question.
The inputs for a scale would be when you put a weight on the scale, it sends a signal to the computer which does some math to calculate the weight.
The outpur from there would be that the computer sends a signal to the screen so that is can display how much the object weighs.
4. What mechanical components are visible?
For the scale i chose for the last blog post (which is the scale ive been talking about for this blog post as well) the visabel components are the plate where you put the object for measuring. And a few buttons as well. And if you take the plate off. You can see a small hole where the plate fits too. and i assume that is where all the weight is transfered for measuring.
5. What is it about this device’s function that you cannot identify, because the mechanical components are hidden from plain view?
What i can't identify would be exactly what it uses to measure the weight. I can not tell if it is done by spring, mechanicly or even electronically.
I chose to do a Scale.
Here is the front of the scale.
Next is the back of the scale.
And finally the side of the scale
This product is exactly what is sounds like. It is a scale, it is supposed to measure the weight of objects placed on top of it.
The scale has a very smooth design. It does not have many hard edges. Most of the lines and edges on the scale a rather smooth, which can feel pleasent in the hand as opposed to hard lines and edges. The way the fron of it is pointing to the user also helps to use it. Because it is coming out at you it seems to make reading the numbers that is posting much more easy to read. Which can help someone who is in a small rush, or someone who is trying to be 100% accurate.
The function of the object is to take the mass of an object and put a number to it so we can do calculations withe the weight. this specific scale has a max load out at 400g. Which is not very much, it is roughly...12oz or almost a pound that is can measure. which leads one to think that it might be used for smaller measurements. like somthing a scientist would use.
The target audiance i think would be scientists and/or students in a science class. Because it is a good shape, and only can measure up to 400g.
The good thing about its small measurement is that is a pretty accurate. Which a scientist would need.