fling Machine

our fling machine was a very inconsistent piece of machinery.  we had a range of negative fourteen inches all the way to one hundred and four inches. the inconstancy had to do with how little support the rubber band gave the cotton ball.  also the straws had trouble supporting tension of the rubber band.  When beginning to build our prototype we had made to designs and had not decided so we

decided to build both and test so then we decided on the sling shot design instead of the catapult which was even more inconsistent in distance fired.

Overall Ben was a very good partner.  we both had very good ideas and we worked together to decide which design would work best. Also our fling machine took to to fire so i could not have done it without him. and I would not have changed my partner if given the chance.

Unit Conversions

Unit conversions can be a very boring topic we have been encountering for our whole life.  But they are essential for comparing measurements between different measurement

systems. we had the task of taking these unit conversions and making the fun. so here are some slides from our presentation.

Definitions:

• Color Scheme:  an arrangement or combination of colors
• Monochromatic color scheme: containing or using only one color just in different shades of the color 
• Analogous colors scheme:  groups of colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel, with one being the dominant color, which tends to be a primary or secondary color, and two on either side complementing, which tend to be tertiary.
• Complementary colors scheme: directly opposite each other in the color spectrum, such as red and green or blue and orange, that when combined in the right proportions, produce white light.
• Triadic color scheme: Examples: The triadic color scheme uses three colors equally spaced around the color wheel. This scheme is popular among artists because it offers strong visual contrast while retaining balance, and color richness.
• split-complementary color scheme: is a variation of the complementary color scheme. In addition to the base color, it uses the two colors adjacent to its complement. This color scheme has the same strong visual contrast as the complementary color scheme, but has less tension

Examples:

Monochromatic:  tints, shades, and tones of the key color can be used to enhance the scheme.Analogous: are often found to be naturally and are harmonious and pleasing to the eye.Complementary: The high contrast of complementary colors is able to create a vibrant look especially when used at full saturation



Triadic: tend to be quite vibrant, and even if you use pale or unsaturated versions of your hues.
• Split-complementary: color scheme has the same strong visual contrast as the complementary color scheme, but has less tension.

Multi view sketches

Multi view sketches are important for professionals because they can be used to express a product in different ways that you may not be able to see in one view of an object or what you see in an isometric sketch 

Concept sketch

To take  my desalination product from sketch to a working product I need: two cans, hot plate, solar cell, poor spout, fill cap, and 1/4in tubbing

Line work

Lines can express many different emotions.  Lines can communicate many emotions depending on when and how they are being used. My partner gave me feed back for each drawing. I was given fives on the outline and contour. While I got a four on the structural and a three for the gestural drawing. 

World problems

There are many problems in the world that could be fixed. One idea is to fix ocean pollution. This has been an ongoing problem for years and needs a solution. To fix this pollution would allow us to further protect us and our environment for the future. Also the private beach access. In many coast side communities there are private beaches they keep the general public off many of the most beautiful beaches in the world. If they can't own the water they shouldn't be able to control the land that takes you to it. My third problem is desalination it is a way to get clean water for people but there are so many environmental problems with it. For example the brine that is a product of it is terrible for the environment. The solving of this would be a great way to offer clean water in times that we are lacking it from our normal sources. 

Me as a designer

I love to work and challenge my self to solve problems in an out of the box creative way.  I think this represents me as a designer because of the facts that I am a mathematical thinker that can be creative in certain ways like wanting to have specific ideas of what i am doing before we start to brainstorm and design.

This year I hope to improve...

• My creative thinking so that i can work in a more creative way
• My Sketching skills
• learn more about desing and designing process 
• learn how to keep an engineering note book in an organized creative way

the cup 2.0

Old

For years we have suffered with the poor design of a Styrofoam cup.  Its fragile Its not Eco friendly.  But now we have solved the problem.  For Starts we changed the material completely. Our new design has many perks.

New

we started with the new material with paper. but unlike a standard paper cup where you may burn your fingers we have integrated the insulation by taking the cardboard like paper insulator found in coffee shops and making a shell to insulate the whole cup which not only insulates you hand but keeps your drink warmer longer.

bridge project

When we began our brainstorming on our bridge project we began throwing out many ideas of connecting our sections. We through out a few possible ways of connecting our sections and decided on a three pronged “weaving” technique. it allowed us to connect many strips of the paper together in longer thinner segments while still being strong enough to support the weight of the “people”.  

Then after we began our testing and that is how we eliminated our other design options and decided on our final one.

The biggest problem we ran into was the time constraint, which caused us to rush while assembling the bridge and placing the base blocks to close and in the end the bridge came in contact with the table which broke one of the constraints.  i truly believe time was our biggest enemy like in many parts of construction in life.   But if we changed any thing it would have been the block height which could have kept it from touching the table.