Monday, November 17, 2014

My Pokemon Color Wheel and Color Scheme




This is my Pokemon Color Wheel. I used whatever colors I could find for each Pokemon game. Pokemon games have predominantly used colors to distinguish each game, so I have found Pokemon Yellow, Pokemon Orange (a fake), Pokemon Red, Pokemon Purple (also fake), Pokemon Blue, and Pocket Monsters Green (a Japan-only release). The orange-yellow is a 1991 McLaren F1 with original paint.



This is my Pokemon Color Scheme, with Pokemon Blue, Pokemon Red, Pocket Monsters Green, and Pokemon Yellow. It is a tetrad color scheme, with four colors. These are made up of two pairs of colors opposite each other on the color wheel. Blue and yellow are opposite, and green and red are opposite.



Monday, November 3, 2014

FINAL DEMO DAY PROJECT


I have chosen to improve the computers in the school by either hiring a mechanic or creating a mechanical engineering class. All details are in the PPT:



Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Reflection on Designers

The interview with Josh was really informative. He told us about starting a startup, and how you should just keep designing things that make sense, because in the end, that's all that matters. He also told us about his life, and how he didn't go to college. I actually expected this, as most entrepreneurs these days forego college and the outrageously high tuition that comes with them—not to mention that many don't learn much in college that they couldn't teach themselves. I learned about his startup Last Guy, and how startups normally are now—easygoing, communal, and funloving; not to mention the stress of working in a startup: it could fall at any time.

Friday, October 24, 2014

Ganesh's Concept


"So this is basically an app where you're able to control your energy bill by taking a look at what you're spending on so you can be able to recognize where you can cut down on and it also allows you to pay your bills right on the spot through your phone so you have to go to the hassle like sending the checks and everything like that."

--Ganesh

New concept sketches


Concept Sketches: Before and After

Before: My Common Core solution was too big and vague to be feasible for this class. So everything became ambiguous, and not clear to understand. 




After: My new computer sketch is much clearer, much simpler, and easier on everyone. I plan to start a mechanical engineering class at school to help kids who are interested in that field prepare for college. I also plan to contract a mechanic to help fix the computers. The problem here is that the computers run way too slowly for their specs, and so slow down any urgent work, dooming students. Thus, we need to fix this. A possible con is that students will be tempted to goof off as the computers are too fast now.

Monday, October 13, 2014

Pitch Comments

Austyn: too much ewaste. Decreased mirrored hardware. 
Craig: potato button on microwave doesn't create potato-->I will solve 
Pallavi: food bank program would collect unused food for advertising 
Matt: jet engines unreliable--> smaller engines and safer
Sonia: some materials can't be told whether recyclable or not.
Ryan: floating walkway across intersections
Alice: more info on how we plan our future--> more help and counseling
Ganesh: shower timer and music 
Sukhjit: help the homeless--> houses, car, jobs
Meera: dogs and children are stuck in cars-->die
Alvin: shopping carts bumpy--> suspension, omni rear wheels, pvc webbing
Amijot : ACs don't work-->fix
Sasha: unemployment rate, inflation, lower minimum wage
Diana: perfect formula to perfect study session-->
Sachi: vending machine lunches--> healthier options, school garden
Katie: lock with arrows, lockers in group
William: average commuter wastes 60h a year in traffic, 680&880 need more connectors-->jobs
Benjamin: cool ideas, no money. People pay $10 towards a collective goal.
Archit: too horrible headphones-->steel alloy, better decibels, better voice recognition, more controls
Jake: new way for desalination, some ways are bad for environment--> new way
Ashab: carrying groceries too hard-->grocery bag holder
Catherine: fix landfills that decompose trash
Juan: phones break easily--> sapphire glass and Gorilla glass 
Austin: supersonic flights that are cheap, economical, intercontinental flights too long.

Friday, October 10, 2014

Common Core

Whats wrong with the education system these days? Common Core.







Solution: Abolish Common Core. Millions of parents are against it, and so do teachers. It is just a waste of education and is covered in bureaucracy.  As the above examples show, Common Core is simply a bureaucratic, red-tape covered waste of time. All it really does is to show the public the government is doing something about the terrible, lack-luster education system, it is just a veil. It doesn't help students at all. Even though the examples are only a few, the fact they even exist shows Common Core is disgraceful. It hurts elementary school students the most, and damages the foundation of their learning, guaranteeing their failure later in life. States have only supported it due to the funding they receive--it's all for money these days. Once again: STOP COMMON CORE.