Manila Folder Bridge Challenge

 These two top pictures are our final result for stacking the magazines, getting 57 total on the two poles

Mousetrap Race Car

Team members: Chris Ruiz, Max LeBaron, Owen Heidenreich

We are claiming 7 achievements

Design stage:

Visualize It! Create a sketch of a design and label key features.

Build stage: 

Build It
build your design, document it with a photo

Test Compete stage:

"Competitor -  Compete in the mouse trap racecar challenge
We competed in second annual mouse trap racecar and we placed in last place

Feedback  Collect feedback (at least one each of +, change, ? and !) from yourself or your classmates.
Change: Max says We should have asked more questions about how to build it
!: owen built the race car by himself
?: a lingering question we have is "How does the string accelerate the mousetrap?"
+: Positive, we were all genuinely interested in this challenge.

Iterate stage :

Game Changer Develop a new rule or change to the game that you feel would make the event better. Explain your concept.
"No sticks":There should be no sticks to attach to the mouse trapper to create more leverage with the accelerator. This means that instead of the mouse trap clapper being its usual length of about 4 inches, people were attaching a long pole to the mouse trap and then putting their string at the end of that pole so that the mouse trap would act as if it were far greater than four inches, which would then create an advantage as the car would travel faster and further.

Name it - Invent a name for an achievement that you think is better than what we have currently.
The achievement that is named "The Price of Glory" should be named "Graft" because in politics a graft is the unscrupulous use of a politician's authority for personal gain ie. bribing people for votes.
 The person is buying things that give them an advantage in the race, therefore they are a Graft. This name will also provoke questions related to this word which will hopefully encourage them to learn more.

Reflection stage:

Build/Design 

What is a "Design/Build" process? How did your experience with this challenge relate to that? Why might you experience this in a career related to technical innovation?

A design/build process is more than just a physical design and build but it is also a test of perseverance and social orginization skills. It is also a test of motivation and willingness to work hard to achieve a goal. Our experience with this challenge demonstrated that our group unfortunately lacked the collective motivation and willingness to achieve our goal which was to win the Mousetrap racecar. I will experience this in a career related to technical innovation because plenty of communication and clarity is required to pull-off any feat in innovation.

Marble Drop Design-Build Challenge!

This week my team "Team Ben" (consisting of Owen, Chris, Ben, Erik, and myself) finished in 2nd place, and are claiming .9 points in this weeks design-build challenge.

Summary:

• Our goal was to get the longest ramp, because we thought that would give us the best chance
• This idea helped us greatly, for we got 2nd place
• The only constraint for the challenge was that the solution had to be self supported
• We also cleaned up our workplace also, so we are claiming the clean up achievement

Cardboard Canoe Round 2 (2013-2014)

MY PARTNERS FOR THIS CHALLENGE WERE ERIK, CHRIS, OWEN, AND BEN
We are "The Super Saiyens"

We are claiming 14 achievements:
Summary: Our team, The Super Saiyens, took on the Cardboard Canoe Challenge and earned many achievements as a team. We followed the criteria to create the canoe. We worked together and finished the making of the boat rather quickly.
Achievements:
• Define the Problem and Brainstorm Solutions - See below
• Criteria & Constraints -
Criteria• Build a watercraft that allows you to traverse the CHS swimming pool.
• Your "boat" must float at least one student through the course of the competition.
• Protect your workspace from damage!

Constraints
• You may only use Cardboard and Duct Tape for this event.
• All Staples or other foreign material must be removed from your cardboard. If we trash the pool, we will not be invited back for other activities during the year (yes, we have other activities in mind for 2nd semester).
• Cardboard must meet our quality standard and be approved by the instructor (more info to follow)
• Each boat must have a minimum of a 3" tall "sidewall" (no completely flat designs).
• All exposed cardboard must be covered in duct tape (this will reduce cardboard disintegration in the pool).
• Each team will be provided one "versa table" cardboard box piece and three 60yrd rolls of duct tape. Any materials beyond this (likely need more cardboard) need to be resourced by your team.

Implied criteria-Must look like a boat.

implied constraint-Must be made in time, At least one person has to be in the boat. Must float to compete.

• Sketch Ideas - See below
• Prototype Ideas - See below
• Select an Approach - We determined that we needed a thick/wide base and high walls to keep the boat afloat with Chris inside. We decided on the thick/wide base because we thought it would help stay afloat. This worked well, for our boat did not sink at all until we intended it to.
• Surface area! - Calculate how much surface area you can cover with your given duct tape. How many sf can you cover with one roll? How many can you cover with all your rolls? What % efficiency do you think you can achieve with your overlap?
• Build It! - See below
• The Longest - Our group stayed up until the very end of the race
• Balance Master - Chris stood up for 5 seconds
• Videographer - (we have a video, but we do not know how to upload it, please ask us to see it)
• Feedback -
+ Boat worked very well, stayed afloat until the end of the challenge
+ Kickboard paddle worked well, helped Chris go faster and did not get in the way
- Erik was not there to push the boat, so our planned speed was derailed
- Boat go as fast as other groups
+ Chris did a good job piloting
+ There were no holes in the duct tape
+ Boat was easy to drain water out of
- Could've used a string like the winning team did
- Could've had someone in the water
+ Worked well as a team to achieve goals
• How Low Did You Go? - Our boat basically more or less sat on the surface of the water. In my opinion, it was very surprising seeing how little our boat went into the water, for last year our boat was about half in the water. The unit weight of water in pounds is roughly 62 pounds per foot cubed. Chris, our pilot, weighs roughly 120 pounds. Use math to help explain the depth that your boat sat in the water.
• Redesign - I would keep our same design, but I would add a rope to pull and maybe someone pushing the boat.
• (Make Your Own Achievement) - Paddle On! - Our group was creative and had our pilot use a kickboard as a paddle.

- This is one of our prototypes

 

-Aerial view of previous prototype

-The prototype that we based some of our boat off of

-Modified original prototype and added the nose on this one

 

-This is the front view of our finished product

-Side view

 

 

 

-This is our boat after the contest, as you can see, it is still in tact

 -These are our 20 solutions, with a sketch of our product

My First Blog Post!

Welcome to my blog for the 2013-2014 school year!

This is a picture of the Boston Celtics logo. They are my favorite NBA team, and with myself being a huge fan of basketball, they are my favorite sports team out of all professional sports.

http://nesn.com/2013/08/paul-pierce-kevin-garnett-trade-puts-brooklyn-among-preseason-favorites/
This link talks about the Celtic's trade involving stars Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett. This is important because without them on the team this year, it looks as if this will be a disappointing year.

CAD TRAIN

This is the final assembly of the CAD Train. This task was challenging I'm glad that I was able to conquer it.

Linkage Peg

Axel Peg

Hitch Magnet

Hitch Peg

Stack

Linkage Arm

 

Finally, this is the Train Wheel

This is the cow catcher

This is the all important train body

Capstone Project (Physical Model)

Step 1: Define the scope of your achitectural model

• Scope: the extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which is relevant. In this case, the part of the house you are going to build. (outside, inside, or both)
• Since Mr. Farrar's dream house is so big we decided to just focus on one room, the living room/man cave
• For the scope of our project, we defided to focus on the inside of the room, since the man cave will have interesting accessories (ping pong table, flat screen tv, etc.)

Step 2: Construct Your Architectural Model

1) We made sure to use a metal ruler to make sure our cuts were straight

2)Like the video suggested. we turned the ruler on the metal side, so the ruler wouldn't slide.

3) Made sure to do multiple strikes to make the most precise cuts.

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As an extra, Max made sure to be safe with the glue gun, and made sure to put cardboard underneath the piece he was gluing, so it wouldn't get on the table.

• Each side of the hexagon base was 12 inches on a ruler while the height was around 8 inches

Step 3: Feedback

• Client Feedback
• We were able to meet up with Mr. Farrar once, after we had completed our physical foam board model
• (+) - He liked the idea of the floor (red carpet)
• (+) - He liked the clean cuts
• (+) - He liked the Batman symbol
• (-) - Could've attached the floor better
• (-) - Could've had higher cielings
• (-) - Walls could've had more color
• Instructor Feedback
• Student Feedback
• We got a lot of positive feedback on our design
• We got a lot of different colored post it notes (some from best in show)

This is a view from the window in the wall closest to the ping pong table

This is a view from our front door

 

This is an ariel view of our project

Week #9:

These are my notes on the video from IDEO

Capstone Project (Power Point)

Capstone Project Power Point

Chris, Owen and I created this power point, outlining the 15 methods we used, while creating Mr. Farrar's man cave.