Technology Post #8; Saying Goodbye.

I had such a fun time in tech this quarter. From the soldering to the laser cutting, to the homemade flashlights. I really had a great time in tech 6. But, I’m excited for my next quarter! Thank you Mr. Calvert For the best tech 6 experience I could ever have. all of our projects were fun and educational. Below i’ve attached photos of my projects. ;

 

Gobye Tech 6, I’ll Miss You.

Technology Post #7; Waterproof Flashlight

Today I finished my flashlight! This post won’t go into that much detail, but ill explain some cool features. Number 1, It’s WATERPROOF!💧This makes it so I could practically swim with it! Another feature Is that it is a perfect design for my hand. Keep in mind that I have tiny hands. And number 3, it has a bunch of smiley faces on it! This what the flashlight looks like!

Inside there is a battery, wires, a light, and a switch! And this all I closed within a 45° angle elbow, cap, and a plug all made out of PVC pipes. This makes it so it is waterproof. When you look at the light, it might seem like it’s not bright but, IT IS! I mean not Crazy bright, but for a small battery and a small light, it does the job well.

Anyways, this was a really fun project and I’m so happy with the results!

Technology Post #6

Sometimes I get these weird thoughts in my head. I don’t know about you but sometimes mine are some of the weirdest. The other day I probably took an hour thinking about how complex bicycles can be. I mean they have the frame, the wheels, the chain, the gears, the seat, and so many more that this blog post would be as long all of my blogs combined :). When you think about bikes from a technology standpoint, they help people get around to places faster than walking. They also are good because if you don’t have a car, a bike is another alternative. ANOTHER reason is that they are good is because they are usually cheaper than a car and they are better for the environment.

Fun Fact!

(This Information Is From LIVESCIENCE)

Link To Article

 

“The first known iterations of a wheeled, human-powered vehicle were created long before the bicycle became a practical form of transportation. In 1418, an Italian engineer, Giovanni Fontana (or de la Fontana), constructed a human-powered device consisting of four wheels and a loop of rope connected by gears, according to the International Bicycle Fund (IBF).

In 1813, about 400 years after Fontana built his wheeled contraption, a German aristocrat and inventor named Karl von Drais began work on his own version of a Laufmaschine (running machine), a four-wheeled, human-powered vehicle. Then in 1817, Drais debuted a two-wheeled vehicle, known by many names throughout Europe, including Draisienne, dandy horse and hobby horse.”

I also found this image from the same article. This is a photo of A old gentleman’s hobby horse.

When I was researching for this blog, it was actually really fun!

Technology Post #5; Waterproof Flashlights

Last week and this week we worked on waterproof Flashlights. The mayor goal was to make it fit in a small box so if there was an emergency, it could be transported easily. My flash light consists of a Small pipe, a 45 ° angle elbow, a cap, and a plug.I’m not 100% done but, I’m pretty close. All I have do do is to solder my battery, light switch, and LED light with wires. I can’t wait to finish this project!

Technology Post #4 Car Swicthes

As I talked about in my last blog post, we started to make switches to simulate self -driving cars’ programming or software. But today we played a game! If you’re reading this right now you are probably thinking to yourself “what the heck is this game that Michael is talking about?” This game consists of a couple of things; your 3 switches (Stop, Left, and right), a custom circuit (I will talk about that in a second), and a deck of cards. First let’s talk about the circuit. The circuit is pretty simple. It consists of a breadboard (See image below), a couple of wires, and of course, LED lights! This circuit would connect to your three switches by 2 alligator clips. (6 total). Ok, ok, ok now let me explain the actual game. There would be 3 roles. The police officer (Stopwatch person), the car (the one who controlled the 3 switches), and the dealer(s). The dealers would split a deck in half and throw 1 card at a time together, if there were 2 reds you would stop. If there were 2 blacks you would do nothing and if there was one black and one red, you would stop with the same side that is on the cards. This was a really fun and cool project and I would totally do it again!

this is what a breadboard looks like:

Also I couldn’t add the switch photos last blog Post but i can now so here they are!

 

Technology Post #3 Self Automated Driving car

This week we started talking about Self driving cars. This conversation is important at this time because now it is a possibility instead of a myth. After we talked and discussed ideas, we were assigned a project that will have three switches. 1: stop, 2:Left, and 3: Right. After we would finish, we would play a came with the switches. But, I wont go into detail about that now. My designs are complicated and when I try to upload my deracinated it wont work. But that is ok because i can explain one of them to you! One of my switches consists of a cardboard lever with tinfoil on it. If you didn’t know, tinfoil is conductive, which means heat, sound, and most important for this project, ELECTRICITY! So when the lever goes down and hits the other pice of tinfoil, the electricity passes though to make the lite shine. That is just one of my switches. I can’t wait to finish this project and play the fun game with them!

Technology Post #2 – Jewelry Pendant


This week we are working on jewelry pendants. Jewelry pendants are (or at least I think) a outside ring with some sort of design on the inside. But, the good part and the fun part is that we are making everything from scratch! So far, we have made the outer ring and this is what is looks like:

If you can see, we had to make a loop by coiling the extra wire. This is a close up of the loop:

The next step is to cut out the wire to make the design. The design I’m making looks like this for my mom:

This part has a really important step which is to make sure ALL of the wires TOUCH each other and the outer ring. Because solder is just metal glue, and if your working with normal glue, you want each pice to touch, so that is the same with solder. Next, I think we will be soldering the pieces together to create the bond. I can’t wait to see the final product!

 

Technology Post #1

The other day we did a safety breakout. The safety breakout is a game that the class is split in to 2 groups. Group 1 and group 2, I think I was in group 1 but, I’m not really sure. Each group would get a box with three locks. A word lock, a   Number lock, and a directional lock. This is what the group lockbox looked like:

There was also another smaller box that was for BOTH teams. It was smaller and there was only one. This is what the box looked like

In this box was a clue to help you with one of the locks on the group box. Neither team 1 or team 2 got this open. Unfortunately the other team got all of the locks off of there group box faster than us. But, overall is was a great and fun experience!

Final Cpastone Blog Post

Do you ever wonder how interior designers plan home interiors to be more environmentally friendly and what different types of materials are available to them? This is my main inquiry question for my Capstone project. To answer this question I had to think about what materials are available to interior designers that are Environmentally Friendly. I also had to think about What they changed to make the interior Environmentally Friendly if the interior before was not. I learned that there are many materials that are available to them, how to make an Environmentally Friendly interior, and what you can do to help out on your own.

I loved Eco-Friendly or Environmentally-Friendly interiors so much, I decided to do my capstone project on it! The process of my Capstone project was nice and steady. I would say that the hardest part was finding resources for information. Surprisingly though finding images for my TED Talk wasn’t that hard.

So what materials are available to interior designers that are Environmentally Friendly? You might be wondering this question. And the answer is that there are so many that I wouldn’t be able to fit it in this essay. But, some examples are LED Light Bulbs And Light Strips, Non-Synthetic Carpets, Non-Toxic Paint, and Reclaimed Wood.

How do they change to an Environmentally Friendly Interior if the interior was not Eco-Friendly before? you might ask this question, and I have an answer. Well, first, interior designers will change all of the things that are not Eco-Friendly that they want to get rid of. Then they will pick out the Eco-friendly products/materials they want to use. Then last, they put them and/or use them in the house interior!

So let’s find out how you can help! You can start off by recycling glass, paper, and plastic to make the earth a little bit cleaner. You can even use some Environmentally Friendly products/materials In your own House interior!

In conclusion, these are some materials that interior designers use to make an Eco-Friendly interior, How interior designers even make an Eco-Friendly interior, and what you can do to help out the planet!