Fling Machine

We based our design off a normal slingshot. The balloon "catapulted" the cotton ball. The corks were used for easier handling, they were later covered with aluminum because Archit felt "it is just right." Working with Archit was pretty cool because communicating ideas was easy and we worked off each other's ideas to produce a working fling machine.

Measurement Man and Feedback

The making of "Measurement Man: The Movie" was a delight. It tickled my fruit. It was cool working with the following gals: Katy, Sachi, Sacha, Meera, and Sonia. We expressed our creativity in editing this film to the best of our ability and with the time restriction. It was a lot of fun because we had to tackle a boring subject and try to present it in a way that wouldn't make people sleep. A link to the movie may be found on one of the blogs of my teammates.

General Feedback for other groups:
Most did a good job at presenting all the information. Almost everyone did a slideshow but tried to incorporate funny visuals to keep our attention. Haha the bringing back of the dimensional analysis video was just wrong but it was creative. I love everybody, i think i had way too much sugar this morning haha

Kaleidoscope Adventure

This was a lot of fun :)
Using mirror pieces, clear tape, painted plastic, sturdy folder, and a hot glue gun we made kaleidoscopes. Above are a couple of pictures of my work. It is important to note that i had redo the end of the scope several times. My first few attempts weren't too successful because there was severe clumping of the colored pieces. I turned to clear tape to fix the problem, by placing the (not so many this time) colored pieces on the sticky side they were kept in place and the above pictures where then taken. I chose the colors gold, lavender, and pink. Gold was an accent and purple and pink look nice together. Another thing to note, most lights didn't do justice to the colors, in my opinion.

I believe it was along the lines of a split complementary scheme.

Color Theory

MY COLOR WHEEL!!!! :D

Monochromatic colors: all the tints, tones, and shades of a given hue.


Analogous colors: colors adjacent to each other on the color wheel.


Complementary colors: a pair of colors that when combine cancel each other out, producing black.


Color triads: colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel, three to be specific.


Split Complementary: a base color and two colors adjacent to its complement, less tension than above.

Multi work views

This week we focused on multi-view work, above is some of my work.

Presentation: Steps to Success

I had an epiphany and realized that to solve my problem and equip future generations of students with the skill of successful studying, it must be taught in elementary school; say second or third grade. We must instill this healthy and beneficial habit into students from a very young age. Do not groan and complain that it would be a waste of time, all students should be given the tools to succeed.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1G0nTm5Dp3ofWGSi-BS8E3SQnsU6pi6Erb8OXMrN6_fA/edit?usp=sharing

Skype Chat

Last week we interviewed Joshua, he was very open to talking and answering questions about his job. One of the things that he said that really caught my attention was the fact that he had not attended a college. What really had got him to where he is now is his experience with programs and developing. The skype chat was one of my first with such a person and it was pretty cool interacting with someone who was in the trade that most in the class are exploring or keeping in mind as a career for later.

Concept Sketch

Concept Maps and Pitch

Concept Webbing and Pitch

The toilet concept web called to me the most. I chose to research current high tech toilets and work off there. I want to make this product accessible to the average American home.

Research: *update* (about seven minutes have passed and I have visited many websites*
the toilet that I had envisioned, EXISTS!
          "Unlike traditional toilets, the high-tech version washes from behind and — if desired — in front with water. Better models allow for temperature, direction and pressure control, and have retractable spritzing wands and automatic driers as well. The best feature warm seats, automatic motion sensors to raise the lid, buttons to raise the seat, nightlights, self-cleaning mechanisms, music to mask unpleasant sounds, deodorizer spritzers and other conveniences."
Why hasn't this become a thing? >.< 'murica, land of the dull toilets.
Looks like i'll have to pick another concept to focus on.

Studying. 
How successful are solo studying sessions? Considering the distractions (food, phone, TV, the neighbor's parrot...basically everything) and lack of motivation (procrastination) they can fall short when you take a look at your grade on school loop.
How to improve and fully benefit from a studying session? Science. *eye rolls and chuckles from audience*
We've all been there, "Dude i studied hella but bombed the test"
Cornell Notes, they were invented for the good of students but we do not like them. In a sense they are like grape flavored cold medicine. Raise of hands for those who want awesome tasting cold medicine? Those who want awesome and rewarding studying methods? I accept the challenge to try and find such methods.
Time, Place, Repetition, Discipline, Motivation, and possibly, a studying schedule could be the key. Each person is different so studying may be different for all but we should at least have a good foundation to a brighter and more awesome studying time.

Possible Projects

                                                                   Airport Security

The Toilet

                 Solution to Global Warming

                                                           
                                                            (why not take a knack at it?)

What Emotions do Lines Communicate?

I picked to draw a pinwheel. I had thought to give it a shot with inventor but the program was running too slow so I turned to my engineering notebook.
Funny because I see this pinwheel everyday, it is placed in my room but today was the first time I actually "saw" it. I saw lines and curves where I had not before. Drawing it was not too hard, thankfully.
The lines and slight curves gave off the feeling of precision. A pinwheel works due to this built.
Lines are represent structure and rigidness, not a bad thing most of the time. Lines are a part of nature, lines make me feel...okay. They don't exactly make me happy nor unhappy so okay seems to be fitting in this instance.

Further line work:

This week we learned about the nature of outlines, contours, structural, and gestural line work. For example, an outline has no depth while a contour has more detail. Structural drawings have more value and lines, shading may also be present. And lastly, when drawing gestural work one is trying to convey what the object is doing in time.

Benjamin pointed out the my work reflected what we had learned this week. I may not be the best drawer but i did try to draw the line work to the best of my ability. He pointed out he came to realize how powerful lines can be and that they can convey so much.

Self as Designer

With the colors and materials available to us I doodled what came to mind when I thought about myself.
I know that we could have also chose a representation of a certain skill that we believe to posses already (one that concerns the on-goings of this class)  but I don't feel to have one. I joined the class to obtain these skills for I knew I didn't posses them already. With the guidance of Ms. Leppla I hope to accomplish and learn much this year.

Teamwork. Expression and collaboration come very easily to me, thankfully. By expression I mean the ability to express myself in various ways. I share my thoughts in a group and am open to hearing what others are thinking. I like to work with passionate/ hardworking people. All lot get's done in such environments :)

Product Improvement

Product Improvement

I partnered with Paras to complete this project. We decided to improve the apple watch with a useful accessory of our design. It was based on the existing protector devices for phones and tablets, it would be a sort of jacket for the face of the watch.
Characteristics of our product include: 4G LTE and WIFI compatibility, 2x the battery life, and it will serves as protective case for your 300 dollar watch.
This product would be available in varying colors to suit your preferences.
Collaborating with Paras was a smooth process. Brainstorming was quick for he already had in mind the foundation of the design. We discussed to make sure we were on the same page and then completed the final layout shown above.

Grand Canyon Project

9/8/2014
1) Brainstorming is important when working in a group because you have to collaborate to accomplish the task at hand. The sharing of ideas is vital to the growth and process of the entire project.
2) Testing helped show any present flaws and allowed us to fix them before presenting.
3) Some important characteristics that a successful team possesses:

• teamwork
• listening skills
• the ability to support each other 
• the following of all set criteria 
• being open to all kinds of ideas and concepts. 

4) If I could do something different with the project it would be cut the original two pages into four. That way we may be able to extend the bridge a further distance. The tweak in the instructions concerning the breaking up of the two people blocks allows for this idea to potentially work. Making the mold into small enough pieces would benefit this design.

Pictures of our project: