Phone video

That phone video we watched was very cool I like the beginning a lot how he made a charger out of these cans and stuff and he thought he was stranded but he wasn’t that was very funny and cool. But when  they were talking about how the batteries exploded. I got nervous and scared that my phone was going to explode but it was very cool to watch that video another very awesome thing is the place that did all the things you weren’t supposed to do. Like cut the battery then the battery in every time it exploded and it was very unsafe but they did it right. In my opinion the coolest thing in that video was the battery where you cut it still works and you bend it you throw it it’s still perfectly fine and that made me realize once they put in the battery phones will not be that dangerous. I think this video was a very educational and fun to watch video. It was very good.

Flashlight

So for the flashlight it was very tricky at the beginning to get all the measurements down and get it perfectly because you cannot make a mistake on the wires are also wouldn’t work in the same thing with the pipe. So I got that and then when I cut the pipe it was pretty hard because you had to really saw a lot and that part was pretty easy thing to little after with my hand.Getting the wires down the shape was very easy and that didn’t take me that long. Drilling the holes Wasn’t that hard either The only tricky part was getting it in line perfectly. The soldering was very easy I don’t know why it took many people so long. Putting the switch designs into the flashlight was OK but not that hard the only annoying part was I had it in and I forgot to put the battery so I had to take it out but other than that this project was very fun and a little challenging.

Auto car cardboard project

This project was very tricky because you had to use all of the materials you had like popsicle sticks, cardboard, tinfoil and all the tools to like the glue guns the drill presses and the scroll saws. My first design was to have a cardboard lined out wrap tinfoil around it wrap a popsicle stick with tinfoil and glue the bottom of the popsicle stick to the cardboard. Then when you push down on the top of the popsicle stick the light would light up. My second design was to have a piece of cardboard at the bottom wrapped in tinfoil then I would use a glue guns and glue to circle things onto the edges. With a popsicle stick I would wrap it in tinfoil and use the drill press to make a hole in it. Then put the popsicle stick in the straw and slip the straw through each of the cardboard   circle things on the side which I propose in a glue it all together. When I let go of the popsicle stick it will hit the tinfoil and turn on the light. No third design was not very hard I got two things that had a little hair things on it I peeled it off and there was a metal thing underneath I did that twice and tapedit on to a piece of cardboard and then when the two metal things touched the light bottle the lightbulb lit up. Here is a picture of my designs.

Jewelry post

I started to do the ring and it is done it looks very good for me. My mom will love it she will be very happy with me. I am very proud of it myself and so is my mom. The Soldering was tricky but I got it done and messed up once so it wasn’t soldered together. I had to re-solder it that took a very long time. But overall this project was very fun and I like designing it and making this jewelry piece for my mom and she loves it.

 

Jewelry Tech Blog Post

I can’t wait to start the project because my mom will be so happy with what she got and I think that this will be a very fun project. I have many ideas but my favorite e and probably my moms is her initials. Here are my designs

This project will be so fun I all ready started on the ring part. This will be super fun to make I cannot wait to use the soldering iron. The stared one is my favorite one and probably my moms too.

Answering my Main Inquiry Qustion Capstone Blog #3

I answered my main inquiry, the answer. My qustion is How does football gear protect a football player and how can we improve it? I got my anwser in a diffent way because I couldn’t anwser it strait up, but I got Football gear can be improved in many ways. Helmets can be improved by adding harder shells which will deflect the power of a hit, but improved padding is what will protect a player’s head. So padding is the only way to keep NFL players from having concussions and head injuries. Their design can be improved by adding more padding but padding should weigh less so that a player can run faster and be more protected.  Lots of people think knee pads interfered with the player’s running and movements. Chest protectors can be improved by adding more padding and some stronger outer protection. Understanding how football gear is designed to protect players is an important subject. Padding can be improved by adding more padding but makking it weigh less. It took a long time to find out all of this infomation and I worked really hard on it. I got information for many places and Vito Contento who interviewed helped me alot to anwser this qustion. It was hard make the eassy because It was hard to make it sound like an eassy. It took a while but I got it and here it is:

Have you ever watched a football game and wondered why football players are so safe from injuries? Well, you are in luck because this essay answers,  “How does football gear protect a football player and how can we improve it?”  The football gear I will be focusing on to answer this question includes helmets, chest protectors, and football pads. Helmets are good for protecting a player’s head, chest protectors protect a player’s chest, and football pads protect their shoulders, knees and other parts of their body, too.

Helmets are one type of protective gear. They protect a player’s head. This is important because football players often go head-to-head and concussions are very likely to happen if they didn’t have a helmet. The outer portion of the football helmet is made from a polycarbonate alloy that is strong, flexible and durable. The outside of the helmet is designed to deflect the force of impact to a player’s head. Football helmets are designed to minimize the risk of player concussions and prevent such injuries as facial lacerations, bone fractures and tooth loss. The padding inside the outer shell helps deflect teh impact and is what plays an important part in preventing  concussions.  How can a helmet be made better? Adding harder outer shells would make it harder but extra padding is the only way to keep NFL players from having concussions and head injuries. I agree with Vito Contento, the Jets equipment manager, the person I interviewed. He says the Jets and other NFL teams “let the helmet companies fight against each other to making the better helmets so they’re much better.”   He and and the company he works for, The New York Jet,  mostly try to push their industry so they make better helmets and they can protect their players better.  He also said that “we only try to keep the player safe from injuries.” I really agree with the part that we should push the industry to make better football gear.

A second type of football protective gear — chest protectors — are good for protecting players’ chests. Chest protectors — like helmets — are designed to absorb and distribute the force from a striking object so that the individual wearing the protective gear experiences less of an impact. Chest protectors can reduce the risk of “traumatic structural injuries” to the chest, like rib fractures. However, chest protectors have not been proven to be effective in preventing sudden cardiac death from commotio cordis. The typical chest protector plate is made of molded layers like plastic. It usually has a central layer of a high-impact polymer pad, such as a dry polyurethane gel; and two layers of high impact resistant fabric, preferably para-aramid fibers, with the polymer pad being sandwiched between the two layers of impact-resistant fabric. Do chest protectors need to be improved? Yes. Chest protectors have to be improved because as a fact, studies have shown that about 30% of the athletes who died from commotio cordis during a sporting event were wearing some type of chest protector.  This shows that their design should be improved. Also, we need to make sure that every football player wears the same reliable chest protector.  How can chest protectors be improved? Chest protectors can be improved by adding more padding and some stronger outer protection. As Vito Contento thinks that NFL teams can put pressure on companies to make better protective gear. The Jets, Vito said, “let the brands do all the making and engineering work to make it better.” 

A third type of protective gear — pads — are good for protecting players’ shoulders, knees, and more. Football players’ shoulders, knees and many more bones would be broken without football pads. Football pads are made of strung-on tight webbing and, on impact, distribute the shock through a larger pad that protects against injury. All football players need to wear pads. The thickness and type of pads may vary depending on the position played. For example, quarterbacks, place kickers, and punters generally use lightweight shoulder pads that stay in place and don’t affect line of sight or head movement while other players may go with heavier pads which stay in place after taking a big hit. Pads and protection that should be worn include shoulder pads, collar pads, hip pads, thigh pads, knee pads, neck rolls, athletic supporters, rib pads, forearm pads, and tailbone pads. It can be tempting for a player to avoid certain pads in an attempt to be lighter or more flexible, but they won’t be a very good player if they are on the sidelines injured. Shoulder pads protect players by absorbing some of the energy of an impact through deformation of the exterior shell, while at the distributing the energy through a larger area so there is less pressure at the point of impact.  The weight of the shoulder pads and level of protection often varies by position group. According to Vito Contento, shoulder pads are the most important type of padding a football player should use. He said, “We worry about the shoulder pads. Those are the things that really matter the most because not many football players use their chest as much as their shoulders, and when they fall it’s mostly on the shoulder not their chest and that really hurts the football players. Also rim protectors are also very helpful for shoulder pads because they cover around/near their shoulders which really helps them and some rib protectors are on their shoulders.” While Vito thinks shoulder pads are most important he thinks all pads are necessary. As Vito added, “You should put every single pad possible on yourself because the more protection the better. ” Most people don’t wear hip pads so Vito says that “no one ever asked him for hip pads and he thinks that’s not very good because every single part of your body should be protected and you want as much padding as possible.”  Can football pads be improved? Yes. The design of football pads can be improved. For example, it should weigh less so that a player can still run fast without being weighed down by the protective padding. 

In conclusion, football gear protects a football player because helmets protect the head, chest protectors protect the chest, and pads protect shoulders, knees, and more.  Football gear can be improved in many ways. Helmets can be improved by adding harder shells which will deflect the power of a hit, but improved padding is what will protect a player’s head. So padding is the only way to keep NFL players from having concussions and head injuries. Their design can be improved by adding more padding but padding should weigh less so that a player can run faster and be more protected.  Lots of people think knee pads interfered with the player’s running and movements. Chest protectors can be improved by adding more padding and some stronger outer protection. Understanding how football gear is designed to protect players is an important subject. Padding can be improved by adding more padding but makking it weigh less. I learned that while football teams don’t make football gear, they can and do push the football gear companies to make better football gear. 

 

It took so long and hope that you liked it alot. Here is my final project under neath it is a wevideo.

Capstone Blog 2

When I was looking for my interview my teacher Ms.Edwards found someone who I can intervew. His name was Vito Contento. Vito is the New York Jets Equiment manger. A equiment manger is someone who cleans the players clothes and make and finds the best football gear. I knew that Vito could help me because I searched him up and he knows alot about football gear.  I love the New York Jets, They are my favorite football team. I really wanted to interview him.  When he responded I was so happy because he said yes. My interview was very helpful to my reseach.

Vito helped me with many things like a few of my sub qustion. The sub qustion he helped me with was How can Football helmet be improved?, How can Football chest protector be improved? and How can Football pads be improved? The thing he help the most was, was the football pads. Vito told me many things, But this part helped alot and it was very intersting to me is That they let the helmet companies fight against each other for the better helmet so they’re how much can be better. They mostly try to push their industry on so they make better helmet and they can protect their players better.  He also said that we only try to keep the player safe from injuries.” I think that was very intresting because I thought that they made football gear but they mostly let the companys do the work and incorige the companys to make the gear better.

To protect there football players which makes them not get as many injerys. Vito also said that ” Most Football players don’t like to use football pads because they run slower” But i thiink that it matters about how fast you run but what matters more is protection. So I think that we should focus on safey not abliaty.

Rube Goldberg 2

How I thought of the idea was when I want to make a basket and I thought why not a rube goldberg that makes a ball go in the hoop.  I did add a lot of domonies because I thought it would be a lot easier but I realzied it was  much harder. It was much harder because i had to keep on resetting it. I think I used about 300 domoines. It was very easy setting up the video comparded to every thing else.

Here is my Rube Goldberg Machine

Capstone 1

I chose fooball because it is my favorite thing to do. I stared to wonder what makes football gear so safe that is when i thought of it.  So my question is What Makes Football Gear So Safe and How Can We Make it Safer? My sub questions are  1. How does the helmet protect a football player? 2. How can the helmet be improved? 3. How does the chest protector protect a football player? 4. How can the chest protector be improved? 5. How do the pads protect a football player? 6. How can pads be improved? I really like what my question and sub questions are.