Yesterday in tech, I learned about cams. In the beginning of the class, Mr. Calvert showed us an example of what our finished projects would look like. It was really cool to see that because it was so similar to the other version of it that we saw last week. We did a Nearpod in class, and in one of the slides, there was an animation of the cams moving. The animation was really realistic and was very colorful, so I enjoyed it a lot. It made me really want to make my cams soon! I hope it will turn out auspicious when I do.
Today in class, it was the day of student/teacher conferences, so while Mr. Calvert talked with the students about their progress in Tech this quarter so far, we watched a video about cams that were invented and made in the 18th and 19th centuries. One piece that was made in the late 1770s that really hooked me in was the little boy being able to write on paper. It has been existing for more than 200 years, and is one of the oldest automata in our world! The cams in him is really complicated, and what is more, you can change the combination of the words so the boy could write different things. There were more and more interesting inventions later in the video, but I liked this one the most! I hope I can take a look at this in person one day!
Technology: Blog Post #5 Cams and Cranks
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