Single input single output course assignment
Input: Sonar sensor
Output: Speaker
Different distances from the sonar sensor triggers different tones to play.
[Making Intelligence] Final Project // Folding Screen
Project Requirements
At least 60" high and 40" wide when deployed
Half its height or width when collapsed
Self-supporting when deployed on a flat surface
Have a public side and an opposite private side
Able to be brought into room MMC C4 when collapsed
Designed in a way that allows the student to move it without assistance when collapsed
Deployable in less than one minute
Able to house the five required books for the course
Tools and Materials Used
Wood: Poplar, Walnut
MDO
Paint
Woodshop Tools for Final Touches
1) Initial Idea
Elevation - Private Side
Elevation - Public Side
Perspective - Private Side
Perspective - Public Side
Variations of Stacking Blocks
Full Scale Mock Up of One Variation:
Open
Closed
2) Final Idea and Product
The initial idea required too much wood and would weigh too much to be portable. A redesign was necessary while keeping the main ideas intact. Although the project calls for a folding screen and looking beyond this course, I decided to design a bookshelf more so than a screen. Just as the initial idea allowed much room for reconfiguration and reorientation of the modules, the final product allows for some reconfiguration as well.
As it is somewhat visible on the right, there is a total of 4 elements to this modular bookshelf: the base, vertical elements, and two different horizontal elements.
The base is made up of two layers, which makes the structure more stable. The slotted horizontal pieces can be placed wherever since the vertical elements are evenly spaced. The configuration of the bookshelf in the photos is one of many possible configurations.
[Making Intelligence] Obstacle Ten // What's Your Problem?
Project Brief
"Design and make an artifact that resolves a problem that you have defined."
Tools and Materials Used
Acrylic
Loop clamp
Nuts and bolts
Laser cutter
Prototyping: Paper
1) Problem & Prototypes
Daily, I bike to and from campus. Living in Pittsburgh, I often bike in the rain and end up with a soaked backside and a muddy backpack. I have yet to buy a splash guard for my bike since this situation does not occur often enough to motivate me to go out of my way to purchase and install a splash guard. However, since I have been given the opportunity to solve an every day problem, I decided to solve this problem of a wet backside by custom designing and producing a splash guard for my bike.
Since I have yet to study a splash guard in detail, I image searched bike splash guards to see the general size and shape of it. The most difficult part of designing the splash guard was finding a shape sturdy enough to cantilever. I used folding techniques instead of additive methods so that the shape would not rely on joinery methods to be structurally stable.
Studies:
First Successful Iteration:
Final Paper Prototype:
Given the last iteration, I extended the length of the splash guard and made minor changes to accommodate the added length.
