Transition Between Classes

All posts before this Are form my freshmen year and all after this one are from my sophomore year.
They are from two different classes, but both are taught by the same teacher. I immensely enjoyed the first class and am looking forward to the second class.

Human Centered Design

This was my CAD moddle for our first idea of the podium for Mr. Huang. He asked us to make one that was 4 feet high and 2 inches, he asked us to make it look like his old one that was just a bit too tall.

These were done by Patrick Burke

These were created on Blockland
This was created by Chris Cervantes
                                   
And this wa created by Connor Lewis
                                    
They were both created using Minecraft

This was a group project that we all worked on and we talked to Mr. Huang and this is what he wanted us to make.

Miniature Train 2.3.1a

Linkage Peg

I used a total of 4 Linkage Pegs on my train and they were used to hold the Linkage Arm to the Wheel

Linkage Arm

There were a total of 2 Linkage Arms on the train and they were used to turn both the wheels with only one being powered.

Hitch Peg

The Hitch Peg was used to hold the Hitch Magnet onto the Body of the train, and thier were a total of one of these on the train.

Hitch Magnet

The Hitch Magnet would be used to hold two different trains together and thier was one of these on the back side of the train.

Cow Catcher

Their is only one Cow Catcher on the train and it is used to make shure the tracks are clear.

Axle Peg

The Axle Peg is used to hold the Wheels in place and thier were fore of these.

Stack

The Stack went on top of the Train Body and their was only one of these.

Train Body

The Train Body was the magority of the mass of the train and every thing went onto the body and thier was one of them.

Wheel

Their were 4 Wheels and they are the only things that touched the track, and thier were four of them.

Straight Track

The Track is what the train goes on and guides the train where to go.

Compleatly Assembled Train and Track

This is a compleatly assembled train with a segment of the track.

TED Challenge

We visited the TED sight and explored if for a while to see what was going on and do a project on it.
                                                      http://www.ted.com/

1) What is the TED organization about?
The TED organization is about spreading good ideas and knowledge to anyone.

2) What is the purpose of their website and how does the functionality of their site support that?

The TED website is the vehicle that they use to spread their videos on a huge scale. Their sight supports that by allowing people free access to thousands of videos on a wide range of subjects.

3) As Engineers and Problem Solvers, which topic areas (the choices from the "Show talks related to:" section on the sidebar) are of most interest to us? Justify your answer.

The topic titled technology would be the most interesting to us because when the technology changes or becomes more advanced or a new thing comes out it could dramatically change the way we engineer. For example if a new way to make structures stable came out and it turned out that circles were much more stable than triangles then whenever you were making say the role cage for a car it would be based on circles rather than triangles or anything else.

4) Based on your previous answer, what are 3 talks (videos) on the site that appear like they would be of most interest to you as an Engineer/Problem Solver? Justify your choices.
Vijay Kumar: Robots that fly ... and cooperate     http://www.ted.com/talks/vijay_kumar_robots_that_fly_and_cooperate.html
Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos Photosynth
http://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera_y_arcas_demos_photosynth.html
Dennis Hong: My seven species of robot
http://www.ted.com/talks/dennis_hong_my_seven_species_of_robot.html

5) Each student will watch a unique video (clear your choice with me... first come, first served!). Watch the video. Embed the video in your blog post and create a bulletized outline of the key issues presented in the talk.

-The smaller the device is the more agile it will be in the end
-With different sensors the devise will be able to calculate and plann its own path
-There are lots of different aplications that can be used with these devises like building carying things and exploring an unknown area remotly
-With more reserch and desigh they can become a verry usfull tool in our wourld.
6) How could you get involved in the field/technology/issue you chose to hear about? What experience/skills/training/education would you need to learn to get involved with this field?

I could go to school and learn about roboticks and physiscs and then continue on to collage and enter the program that is conducting theis reserch and try to help out with it.

Egg Drop Challenge

We started with one original designe then we compleatly morfed it into a combination of two designes, #3 and #6 (the 6 one was changed also in it's way we droped it).

These where aour first three designes that we came up with
1. Was suposed to be two spunges around an egg with wings on eather side of it so that it could flowt down and hit the ground softly.
2. Is the idea that we would just drop a egg with a parachute and a cone on the bottome of it and also a bucket at the bottem on the ground so that the egg would go down and hit the watter so that it would slow it down and stop at the bottem.
3. Was suposed to be an egg with several sheets of cardboard around it so that when you droped you would spin it so that the cardboard would create lift and slow it down.



4. Is an idea that we had to make a tube of paper with flaps down the inside and the egg sitting on the top so that you would drop the hole toob and inside the tube wile it was falling the egg would fall down the tube and be slowed down by the flaps and then it woul end up falling into a bucket of watter.
5. This was an idea that we had to make a long tube out of paper or ductape and so that the bottem was smaller than the top so that when you droped the egg down the top it would end up slowing down the hole way and end up stopping right aboce the ground.




6. This was the idea that we chose and it was to make a long role of paper with the egg at the center so that you would role it of the side of the balconey and it would be slowed by tape and it would just stop right above the ground.



This was our decision matrix

This is our list of items to bring and also our plan for making shure we brot them all in.
Suplies - 15-20 peices of paper and ductape
Plan- write them down in our agendas

This is our plan in action

Acevements-

 Material based Achievements:
We earned these three
-Your materials fit inside a shoe box
-Your materials fit inside a printer paper box
-Your materials fit inside a shoe box

Material Weight:
We weighed our designe with the egg and it had a total weight of 36.5g
(your egg is not included in material weight)
-Your materials weigh less than 500 grams.
-Your materials weigh less than 300 grams.
-Your materials weigh less than 200 grams.
-Your materials weigh less than 150 grams.
-Your materials weigh less than 100 grams.
-Your materials weigh less than 50 grams.

Drop Accuracy:
Ours hit the Bullseye three times in a row
-You hit the butcher paper!
-You hit inside the third ring!
-You hit inside the second ring!
-You hit inside the first ring!
-You hit the Bullseye!

Drop Time:
Ours took a total of 5 serconds to hit the target.-Your solution takes less than 1/2 second to hit the target!
-Your solution takes more than 2 seconds to hit the target!
-Your solution takes more than 3 seconds to hit the target!
-Your solution takes more than 4 seconds to hit the target!
-Your solution takes more than 5 seconds to hit the target!

Egg Resilience:
Our egg never broke
-Your egg didn't break in any way! (awarded three times)
-Your egg didn't break in any way! (awarded three times)
-Your egg didn't break in any way! (awarded three times)

Paradigm Shift

I watched the video on Inscribed and Central Angles in Geometry and it goes right with what I am learning in class. It was very informational and an exelent way to maby make up a lesson that someone had missed.
http://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry-1/core-geometry/v/inscribed-and-central-angles

The video was great in almost all aspects of it but if i had to change somethings I would sugjest changing the variables that he used to more common ones and some of the collors were hard to see but every thing else was greate.

"Sustain"
The video was very thuro in how he explained the topic, he did not just tell you about the toppic he walked you through three different proufs of the topick.

"Change"
I kind of dont agree with flipping the classroom in several classes but I can see how it would work in other ones. For example I dont think it would work very well in history but it would work in math.

2.1.6 Model Creations

Why is it imprtant to be detailed when documeting your desgn?
Because you may forget what exactly you did to get the resolts that you got.

How is an object's mass different from its weight?
The mass is the total space and the wight depends on what material the object is made out of.

How does surface area differ from area?
Surface area is the total area and area is of just one surface.