Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Day 2 - March 31st 2009

our conceptual sketch



Today we had to hand in our project proposal and our five sketches. Here is the proposal we submitted for our dreamhouse idea:

§ § What do you want to make? What theme do you want to go with?


We want to make a miniature playhouse that has moving people and features; the theme will be dream house.


§ § What will the inputs be?


The input will be a crank that causes the characters to move.


§ What will the outputs be?


The outputs will be a girl and a puppy in respective windows moving up and down as well as an opening and closing front door.


§ Who will do what in your group?


We will divide the tasks equally, but Emily will mostly work on the structure of the house and the incorporation of the machines, and Alexa will work on the installation of the machines such as the connecting rod and crank and gears.

Today, we also worked on our conceptual sketch. Because our brainstorming for the dreamhouse idea was so detailed, we didn't have to change much for the sketch. Unlike our original idea, we've decided to change the layout of the house. Rather than having two windows on the upper floor, and a door surrounded by another two windows, we will have two windows on the upper floor and a single window next to the door. We decided that this way it would be easier to put together.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Day 1

Today we learnt about the project we would be working on over the next few weeks, we saw what we had to incorporate such as one input and three outputs. We also saw a few examples of toys which gave us a few ideas (http://automata.co.uk/). We brainstormed a few ideas and we think we're leaning towards making a dreamhouse with moving characters. Our other options were a globe and a tree with moving countries and animals respectively! We thought the house would b the simplest and most creative choice. For homework we will finish the brainstorming sketches.

Emily & Alexa