April 4, 2021
Today, I created a 3-D viewing of the “bottle opener 4” sketch. Below are images of its top and home view, respectively.
April 6, 2021
Today, I created a 3-D viewing of the “bottle opener 3” sketch. Below are images of its top and home view, respectively.
April 8, 2021
Today, I did a “mock-up” of MAD Tutorial #2 with moving components. Below are the front and home view of the model, respectively.
April 9, 2021
Today, I did a “mock-up” of MAD Tutorial #7. Below are the front and home view of the model, respectively.
April 13, 2021
Today, I did a “mock-up” of an Iphone. Below is a drawn sketch of the dimensions of the Iphone including needed extrusions and cut-outs. Furthermore, I started to construct the Iphone by laying down the base.
April 15, 2021
Today, I finished making my “mock-up” of an Iphone. Below are various angles of the Iphone.
April 18, 2021
Notes from “Rapid Prototyping Google Glass – Tom Chi.”
Tom Chi begins to discuss his project by highlighting the problem: that phones disconnect us from the world, so he thought of minimizing that disconnectedness of looking down at one’s phone by having those same functions accessible in front of the user’s eye. His idea allows people to stay connected to the world while checking their emails. He explains that inventions don’t make themselves; however, with prototypes and research, the development process can begin. With trial and error, he realized that his initial idea was changing, but in a good way, it was becoming better. I learned that drawing prototypes allow people to show the work happening in their mind onto paper. The video helped me understand that the process of fabricating an idea drawn on a piece of paper is just the first step to transforming that idea into something physical and that prototypes are a means of finding problems in the project that need to be solved.
April 20, 2021
Today, I sketched four possible iphone stands to turn into a digital version next class.
April 21, 2021
Today, I continued making a digital version of my iphone stand with an iphone jointed to the stand.
April 23, 2021
Today, I finished my iphone stand with a iphone jointed to the stand.
April 24, 2021
Below is a short paragraph about what I learned from the video “ What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution?” and how it relates to the Tech Design class.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution describes the connections between the digital, physical, and biological worlds. It’s a mixture of modern advances in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, 3D printing, genetic engineering, and other technologies. The video describes the notion that within the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the world is changing more than ever before, we the population, are changing more than ever before. We are always progressing, and it is seen within our class that we are continuing to find new ways to be innovative and creative with modern technology. Similar to what we are currently doing in class with innovating new and creative iPhone Stands, the video describes the advanced technological innovations and improvements happening to cars. Machines manufactured in the Fourth Industrial Revolution are making innovating life improvements easier. For example, 3D printing has allowed doctors and scientists to visualize human organs or even replace them if necessary. This class is helping us grow with the Fourth Industrial Revolution and is teaching us its new worth to society and our future.
April 26, 2021
Inspiration for lamp stand.
April 28, 2021
Today, I continued to think about the design and structure of my design. By looking at various pattern and style for lamp stands. I also began to think about the specifics of the design and mapping out my ideas on paper. Furthermore, determining the proper dimensions needed for the wiring to pass through and the needed width and length of the cover for the light to make sure that it is stable/properly fitted in its position.
April 29, 2021
Today, I finished sketching a possible design for my lamp stand and continued to work on designing a model of the light bulb that we will be using.
April 30, 2021
Today, in class I finished 3D modeling the light bulb that with be used in my lamp stand and I began making a prototype for my lamp stand.
May 1, 2021
Today, for homework I began modeling my lamp stand on fusion by shaping the base and the stand itself with proper dimensions.
May 3, 2021
Today, in class after a failed attempt to construct the prototype of my lamp, I decided to make a laser cut print of it instead. The print came out perfectly and provided me a life size scale of what I will be working with moving forward.
May 4, 2021
Today, for homework I worked on the details of my lamp more specifically the arms for the lamp itself. However, I ran into trouble when figuring out the joints for the arms.
May 5, 2021
Today, in class I remolded the arms of my lamp stand to make them more functional. This took expanding from the base of the original model and adding extra arms and two pivots to allow movement.
May 9, 2021
Today, for homework I tried to begin making the shading to the light bulb, but ran into trouble with jointing the 4 sides. Also I continued to think about some modification I might want to make to the lamp stand itself in the future for aesthetic purposes.
May 10, 2021
Today, in class I continued to work on my lamp shade, jointing the lightbulb to the lamp shade and working on the logistics of finding a way to then joint the entire system to the lamp arms.
May 11, 2021
Today, for homework I had to redo the arm for the lamp stand due to major complications with the model itself. I had trouble jointing the two components together because of these complications. However, I was able to fix these problems and make some adjustments to the arm to make it better and made it that when I come to class the following day I will be able to finalize the jointing of these two components.
May 12, 2021
Today, in class I jointing together my lamp shade and my lamp arms to one another; however, I forgot to joint together every individual component of the lamp arm so it took time to finish the job.
May 13, 2021
Today, for homework I worked on translating the previous days work onto the other side of the lamp arm; however, I had some trouble jointing the second lamp shade to the second arm.
May 14, 2021
Today, in class I finalized the virtual model of my lamp by jointing together the lamp arms to the lamp stand, furthermore allowing full functionality of the moving joints.
May 15, 2021
Today, for homework I worked on separating the the lamp stand base into sections so that 3D printing the components will become much easier; however, due to technical issues with fusion on my computer I was unable to complete the entire lamp. Instead I will explain my thought process behind my plans for the rest of the building process. Once I’ve finished modeling the individual’s sections of the lamps base, I will 3D print it. Then I plan to 3D print the lamps rotational joint that connects to the arms. I have not yet decided what material would be best for the arms due to the presence of my justible bolts, I’m thinking that wood might be the best option but I don’t know yet. Finally, for the lamp shade I want to use and material that is rigid but will have some degree of translucence, I’m thinking of 3D printing the shades but I’m not sure yet either.
May 17, 2021
Today, in class I worked on the section of my project that I was unable to complete for the previous nights homework. Afterwards, I downloaded cura-lulzbot on my computer and prepared to 3D print the components for the lamp stand. Below is the lamp stand, but I broke it down into seven components so that it will print much easier.
May 17, 2021
Today, for homework I did more research on my project and revised my sketches for when it comes to 3D printing each component. The rest of my work will need to be completed in class using the resources available to complete the lamp.
May 19, 2021
Today, in class I worked on 3D printing my lamp stand one component at a time. First, I transferred all my components from cura on to a drive and started to print my first component.
May 20, 2021
The rest of my work will need to be completed in class using the resources available to complete the lamp.
May 21, 2021
Today, in class I found out that the 3D component that I printed through cura didn’t work, so I switched programs and I started to print two components through Makerbots. It has decreased the production time significantly less and as of now seems to be going really well. Below are images of both components being formed.
May 22, 2021
The rest of my work will need to be completed in class using the resources available to complete the lamp. All of which consists of 3D printing each component.
May 24, 2021
I was not in class today, so I do not have work to present for todays class.
May 25, 2021
The rest of my work will need to be completed in class using the resources available to complete the lamp. All of which consists of 3D printing each component.
May 26, 2021
After successfully printing components 1 and 2, I moved opmn to printing components 3 and 4.
May 27, 2021
The rest of my work will need to be completed in class using the resources available to complete the lamp. All of which consists of 3D printing each component. However, I came in and printed component 5 and 6.
May 28, 2021
I wasn’t able to do any work because the 3D printers were all in use.
May 29, 2021
Today, for homework I was able to find a free 3D printer and I printed the last component for my lamp stand.
May 31, 2021
Today, I finished printing the base of the lamp stand and began to print the arms of the lamp. Below is the state of my lamp stand.
June 1, 2021
Today, for homework I printed my final components of the entire lamp, it being hte lamp shades.
June 2, 2021
I finished my project to the point where I was able to glue most of my components together, below are images of the process and result.
