Final Challenge

1. The  problem is to find a storage device for a bicycle in a studio apartment.
2. Brainstorm solutions:

• Suction cups
• hooks
• bungie cords
• take the bike apart

3.
Criteria:

• Bike Storage
• Easy to assemble

Constraint:

• No permanent damage to apartment

Chosen Design:

The suction cup design is the one i chose because it would leave no permanent damage to the apartment and will take up a little amount of space.

Prototyping

IDEO Video

1. “From the buildings in which we live and work, to the cars we drive, or the knives and forks with which we eat, everything we use was designed to create some sort of marriage between the product and the consumer.”



2. The folks at IDEO state that they are not experts in any given area. But, they do claim to be experts on the problem solving process, which they apply to the innovation of consumer products.



3. After the team of designers is brought together, told the problem, and informed they have five days to “pull it off,” what phase of the design process do they immediately engage in?
The team immediatly begins to work on the brainstorming process.

4. Give two examples of what the team members did during this phase.

a.the team gave ideas of possible solutions.

b.the team made design sketches to show their ideas.

5. List five rules-of-thumb that IDEO employees follow when they share ideas during the brainstorming phase:

a.


b.


c.


d.


e.





6. Why should wild (and sometimes crazy) ideas be entertained during the brainstorming phase?
Wild and crazy ideas should be entertained because you might be able to get a good idea from them, and that way no one feels left out and that their thoughts arent being heard.

7. After the brainstorming phase was over, the team narrowed down the hundreds of ideas by _____________ for those ideas that were not only “cool” but also _________________ in a short period of time. What phase of the design process is this called?





8. IDEO believes that the ideas and efforts of a group will always be more successful than the planning of a lone genius.



9. Once the ideas were narrowed down and divided into categories, the group was split into four smaller teams. What phase(s) of the design process was each of these groups responsible for?



10. The leaders at IDEO believe that good behavior and a clean and nice environment are two important reasons why their employees are able to think quickly and creatively to produce innovative results.



11. Sometimes, people come up with great solutions that work by trying their ideas first, and asking for suggestions later.



12. Design is often a process of going too far and having to take a few steps back. What phase of the design process would the critique of the four mock-ups come under?





13. Upon critique of the four teams’ models, it was obvious that none of the teams had developed an optimum solution. However, the people at IDEO believe that it is important to fail often in order to succeed sooner.



14. What percentage of the entire week’s time did it take to fabricate the final prototype?





15. Instead of showering his design team with a tremendous amount of praise, what did the boss require his employees to do with their new design?





16. Of all the things that we are surrounded by every day, what has not been placed through the design process?







Conclusion

1. What did you find to be the most impressive part of the team’s effort?









2. What advantages are there to having a design team with members that have non-engineering backgrounds?









3. There was a point in the process where a self-appointed group of adults stepped up, stopped the ideas, and redirected the group to break up into teams. Why was this done?









4. At the end of the video, Dave Kelly states, “Look around. The only things that are not designed are the things we find in nature.” Can you think of anything that would contradict this statement?

Our plane

Our idea for our plane was to have to big wings decreasing in size, and a medium sized backwing as you can see in the picture above. The back wing is increasing in size as you go towards the back of the plane. We also doubled panneled our wings with the tissue paper, going over the top and the bottom of the wing for extra support. We did the same thing with the back wing.



Egg Drop Challenge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me and George got 13 achievements!!!!!!!

• the first achievement is that we made one possible sketch with labels.

• We also have a second sketch with labels!!!!



• We also made a third sketch with labels!!!!!!

• Our project fit inside of a printer box!!!!
• Our project also fit inside of a shoe box!!!!!
• Our project weighs less than 500 grams!!!
• Our project weighs less than 300 grams!!!!
• Our project weighs less than 200 grams!!!!!
• Our project weighs less than 150 grams!!!!!!

• Our egg lander hit the butcher paper!
• Our egg lander hit the third ring!!
• Our egg lander hit the second ring!!!
• Our egg  broke but the yolk stayed intact!!!!!!!!!

Ted Post

1. The organization of the TED website is to incorperate new sciences and new designs to help people try to change the world for a better place were we are more enviromentally friendly and technologically smarter.
2. Their purpose of the website is to incoperate natural science and technology in order to create a more natural and enviromentally friendly world that is also technologically andvanced, their website does a great job of this by giving links to science videos and technology videos.
3. The sections that relate to us engineers are technology, science, and design sections.
4. Michael Pawlyn Using Nature's Genius in Architecture, we would use this video because you use architecture and design elements in engineering. Cynthia Breazeal The Rise of Personal Robots, we would use this because the thought and the design elements that go into making a robot are those that we use. Thomas Thwaits How I Built a Toaster -- From Scratch, would apply to us because we as engineer's build things from scratch and use design elements to create objects.
5. http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pawlyn_using_nature_s_genius_in_architecture.html

• This video uses the idea of creating one building that deposits its waste and on the wastes way to another building it would be turned into organic material and the other building could use it.
• Also, it talks about how everything is connected and how we can create a never ending cycle of life and death and can incoperate it to perserve life and help the world.

6. I can get involved by helping to create a building or an abject that helps to preserve our enviroment and to help mankind become a more natural and enviromentally friendly world.

Option in Content 2

Adds....?

• Yes, we should allow adds to be on our blogs, it doesnt cost you anything to have a add on your blog, they actually pay you to have their add on your blog.
• The main point in our blog is to get our view point on certain issues and how we would handle these issues or what we would agree on, also we use our blogs to discuss important things that have happened in history and to explain how they happened. So yes, adds would help, if they are on the right subject, it can go with what you are writing about, also sometimes pop ups will be with adds and they can lead people to your blogs.
• A person makes money off an add every time that a person clicks on that add, you will get money on a monthly basis just for having it because then people who visit your blog will see their product and might buy it.

Graphic Design

1. My advertisement came from one of the engineering magazines from the engineering library in Mr. Olsens classroom.
2. This advertisement is trying to market a new car to try and sell to the mass consumers being people who work and need a car for transportation.
3. We have both noticed that they use bright colors and nice features in order to try and show the new improvements made and to catch the consumers eyes. They use the image because as they say an image says a thousand words and they try to captivate this feelings of inguinity and show how new it is and the advanced featuresof the product.

Mechanical Product

The object i chose was a calculator

A: This is the top view of the object.

A: This is the side view of my object.

A: this is the top view of my object.

• My product is used to graph and do math problems, it has a screen to view what you are typing, and buttons that perform operations and hit things inside the device to make things show up on the screen.
• Shape- It has a kind of rounded rectangle shape that enables you to hold it and be able to operate it.
•  Color- The color black is a modern color that any gender could use and it stands out.
• Proportion/scale- They use this to make sure that all the buttons fit and are working properly and work without ease.

1. The function of this product is to do math problems and give you the proper answers that are correct. Yes this item works properly and it does all the functions it was designed to do, it does the math and even solves for unknown variables.
2. The purpose of this object is to make doing math an easier task and take doing the small work with big numbers easier. The buttons enable you to enter the numbers into the calculator and also allow you to do the function you need to do with those numbers. It is relatively easy to figure out how to use and it comes with instructions if you need them.
3. The target audience is for kids in highschool or adults that are in college and that are in a math class. It is used to solve problems and can even graph x and y coordinates.
4.  

Option in Content

A: Technological advances that brought about a change in the government were the internet, cell phones, and the radio. The internet was used to distribute information about the revolt to people all around the world. Cell phones could be used to help communicate with other people particpating in the revolt. Lastly, the radio was used to keep people updated on recent activity and to inform people about the situation and get people to help.























A:  No i do not speak Arabic, but i think it would be a usefull language to learn.

1. Jacket
2. Spray Paint
3. Shoes
4. Goggles
5. A Rose
6. A Bracelet
7. Gloves

Content is King

A: My passion is playing music, i play the guitar and the piano and i used to play the drums.

A: Many bands have used blogging to promote concerts and music. http://www.paramore.net/blog/
A: I could see myself blogging about bands and possibly blogging about sports.

Visual Design Elements and Principles

The six Visual Design Elements are:
1. line
2. color
3. form/shape
4. space
5. texture
6. value
The five Visual Design Principles are:
1. balance
2. rhythm
3. emphasis
4. proportion and scale
5. unity
My Items:
1.

• color-They use color so that it stands out to you and so that if you lose it, it will be easier to locate.
• texture-Texture of the object is smooth so that it is appealing to hold and touch.
• space-They use space to be able to hold music and games and videos.
• form/shape-They picked that shape because it is appealing to hold and nice to hold.
• proportion/scale-They use scale to make sure the item isnt to big to manuever and hold.

2.

• balance-they use balance of brightness, and weight distribution to help the person see and to help the person make sure they can handle the phone easier.
• shape-They use
• scale-With scale they make sure all the pieces of the phone fit together and are useable.
• color-They use color to make sure you know what you are hitting and make it easier for you to use the item.
• space-Lastly, they use space to save numbers, games, music, and be able to access the web.

3.

• Shape-They use shape so that you can get the overall view of the show you are trying to watch, and it is the perfect shape to see everything.
• Color-They pick black or silver as the color because it will stick out compared to what you are watching,and it will blend into the dark at night.
• Balance-Balance is used in order to get the picture and to maintain the televisions balance so that it does not fall over.

4.

• Shape-They use a round shape so that it will fit in your hands and has it so that you can write easier.
• Texture-They use a rough texture so that you have grip to write and be able to hold on to the pencil.

5.

• Shape- Helps to make sure that everything fits right and that all the keys on the piano will fit and play without getting stuck.
• Color- The color of the piano makes it appealing to look at, and the color difference of the keys helps you to know which key to hit.
• Texture- The piano is usually made of smooth wood, and a smooth bench with a padded cushion on the top so the piano is nice to touch and not painful and the bench is comfy to sit on.

Lost at Sea Activity

In this activity, we had a list of fifteen items that we could use to survive and get rescued. We had a raft, and matches and had to use these items to get rescued first, then survive.
my items were:
1. a 25 liter container of water
2. a case of army rations
3. a fishing kit
4. a small transistor radio
5. maps of the pacific ocean
6. 15ft nylon rope
7. 20 square feet of opaque plastic sheeting
8. a can of shark repellent
9. 2 boxes of chocolate bars
10. a sextant
11. a quantity of mosquito netting
12. one bottle of 160 per cent proof rum
13. a 10 liter can of oil/petrol mixture
14. a floating seat cushion
15. a shaving mirror
I picked the water and the case of army rations as my first two picks because you need both water and food in order to survive. My team and I took votes on what we thought our items should be ranked, one item that was similarly close to mine was the water which was exactly the same. An item that was ranked differently was the can of oil/ petrol i ranked it thirteen, my group ranked it number four. My answers and the expert answers were way different, i thought surviving was the key thing, but getting rescued turned out to be more important. I would trust the expert opion more because they are an expert and we are not.
The Experts Answers:
1. A Shaving Mirror
2. A 10 liter can od oil/petrol mixture
3. A 25 liter container of water
4. A case of army rations
5. 20 square feet of opaque plastic sheeting
6. 2 boxes of chocolate bars
7. A fishing kit
8. 15ft nylon rope
9. A floating seat cushion
10. A can of shark repellent
11. One bottle of 160 per cent proof rum
12. A small transistor radio
13. Maps of the Pacific Ocean
14. A quantity of mosquito netting
15. A sextant

Tennis Ball Challenge

The tennis ball challenge was to try and get the tennis ball to touch everyone's in your groups hands and beat the other teams. You could not drag the ball across everyones hands, and everyone had to touch the ball to win. Our team got into a circle and got as close as we could to each other, and each held out on hand at a slant, we set the ball down and it rolled across our hands. Our group ended up having the fastest time for our period and our plan was a success in the way it worked. I would keep the circle the same and keep only one hand in the middle. The thing i would change is that i would push the ball to get it to move faster instead of setting it down. Our group all had the same idea as far as making the circle, but we made changes from using two hands to only one to cut the time in half. I would make it to were you had to be a specific amount of space apart and possibly have to throw the ball. Yes, our team won, and we had the fastest time.