Aderinsola Akintilo: A7

EGG DROP

"Egg":
for my input and output I chose to use a potentiometer with two led bulbs. As you turn the
potentiometer the leds fade from red to green and vice versa.

Vessel:
I decided to craft my vessel out of wood due to time constraints, familiarity of the material, and my new found passion for woodshop. Initially I wanted to make my vessel bottom heavy with varying widths, however, my plans changed after spending some time on the lathe. With the help of Adam Lans, I used the mill in the shop to carve out an area to rest my "egg." Afterwards I realized that I didn't remember to plan for a cover. Luckily a huge chunk of the wood I used still remained and Adam Lans again came up with a superb idea: a swivel top.

Ramya Mallya - Community Engagement

The non-profit I chose was the Animal Rescue League: www.animalrescue.org

The organization gives shelter to animals without a home, and helps find homes for them.

They also have programs to educate the community about pet care.

ARL raises funds and resources from the public in the following ways:

- Selling Membership

- Memorials

- Gifts in kind

- Goodsearch.com

- Online donations

My BIG idea was based on the way cats curl and rub themselves around people's legs. The idea is to have a large model of a kitten curled up around, near the top of the Cathedral of learning. 

The 'awww' factor of kittens would cheer people up, and make them want to adopt a cat.

My scaled down idea was based on two things: 

1. Dogs chase cars

2. Clifford the big red dog - I remember reading this as a child. When his owner adopted him, Clifford was abnormally small and sick, and nobody expected him to live. But then with all the love that he received from his family, he kept growing until he was over 25 feet tall.

The idea is have a projection chase after cars down the Fort Pitt tunnel. The projection could appear as shadows on the tunnel walls. The dog starts off as a puppy and keeps growing as it chases the car down the tunnel. By the time it reaches the end of the tunnel, it is pretty big.

Ramya - A5: Take a leak

CASE 1: METAL

Ideation and prototyping

Attempt #1: Aluminium

Oops.... Too brittle. 

Attempt #2 : Steel

Pinned down those edges with glue and rivets. Taped them together till the glue set.

CASE 2: PLASTIC

Ideation and Prototyping

Process

Overlapped the edges and glued it together, and used tape to hold the edges together. 

Then clamped it with a strip of wood to press down on the glued edge.

Folding over and gluing the edges was harder than I thought, as the plastic kept slipping.

Had to clamp it in various ways to hold it down

Experimented with clamping. Used pieces of wood to press the glued strips together.

Realized that there were big holes where the strips didn't come together.
Fought with a caulking gun for a while, and then decided to waterproof from inside.

Cut open several small plastic bags and stuck them together to form a waterproof layer. 

Stuck this inside the cylinder. It wasn't pretty, but it worked!

CASE 3: WOOD

Ideation

Decided to make an inverted box with a shelf, so that the Arduino would be raised above the ground. 

This would add some extra protection if placed in a tray of water.

Used table saw to cut out the wood

And wood glue to stick all the pieces together

Then sprayed it with NeverWet for a waterproof exterior