Sling Machine

This is Ganesh and my fling machine. It blew the cotton ball into two bits, and the farthest bit went 35 inches. It is a pipe cleaner run through a straw, and bent at the ends. There was some foil at the end before. Earlier models could fling the cotton farther, but the materials were weak so the slingshot fell apart.

If I could alter the design, I would first use something other than the pipe cleaner to provide support for the rubber band, because the pipe cleaner bent a lot. If i could, i would just use solid poles and attach them to the desk and forego the straw as a whole. I should also learn how to actually use a slingshot. :D Our team is impeccable, so no change there. I feel other teams sufficiently solved the problem.

Unit Conversion Review

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This project was really, REALLY fun. We had so much freedom to do as we pleased and weren't restricted by over-serious attitudes like in other classes. So we had a lot of fun doing this "MLG Theme" with the "XxX" and other stuff. We also learned a lot from the presentations like the video done by Sasha and the "Communist" theme done by Alvin. We memorized unit conversions, formulas, and unit prefixes. We also flashed back to middle school with that horrendous song. This project was DEFINITELY worth it.

Our project would have had more gifs of two frogs, but it made the presentation flicker so much, we would have given some one epilepsy or a seizure in a dark room. I also want to commend Austyn for making the game in one night, and so we were unique, as we actually had a video game. Every other group had a simple verbal game. I regret that we didn't have candy, and none of us thought about it. But again, I loved this project.

Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18hntOteO420Kq4CsWKaSsi7MQOI8-Ge8A10e_Gg7DW8/edit?usp=sharing

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.

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:

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=54EC36DA530902F6!1075&authkey=!ACN8ZdmPIKlG8_E&ithint=file%2cpptx

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.

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.