Day 35

In todays class we got our kamon from our first project back to us to keep. 

With our new light project we are starting to build and assemble pieces for this design. We are still continuing with the prototypes and next class everyone should be onto building!



Some people are putting final tweaks on their portfolio slides to make sure that their design ideas are complete.


Next class we will continue to build, design, and expand our knowledge of different design tools we can use to make this project well done.

Day 34

Today, everyone worked on different stages of the design process. Some students began designing on Autodesk Fusion 360, while others worked on rapid prototyping. Either way, every student had cool designs. By the end of the class, a few students were ready for 3D printing and laser-cutting parts of their design.

Risa working on her prototype on Fusion 360

Taichi figuring out dimensions on his rapid prototype

James and Mr. Neale using advanced iSense software to add a real-life object to a digital prototype 

Takuma working on his prototype on Fusion 360

Day 33

Today we made what Mr. Neale calls "rapid prototypes." He encouraged us to use simple materials like paper and cardboard to make a part of the design you have in mind. This is to see if there are problems, so that you can fix it before getting into the actual building.

 

Sylvan's rapid prototype for her lantern

Taichi's rapid prototype with LED lights

We also created a new slide for the rapid prototypes on our portfolio.

Day 32

Today we worked on finishing our first 6 slides which include inspiration, Ideate, and research. Make sure you all have this done by next class so that you can move forward.

Arman finding joy along with his inspiration

Sean contemplating how whether or not to redownload fusion 360 

Some people got into making prototypes and tested out the LED lights as well as some materials. Take away from class = "play around with the materials"- Mr. Neale

Lucy with here first prototype looking very proud

Bridget working on her first prototype - so far so good

Taichi getting toasty with some acrylic 

Day 31

Today in class, we continued working on our LED Lights project.




We started to look at existing products and pick out the details that we liked and didn't like. From there, we will incorporate the positive elements of the existing products in our prototype.



We also created our Research Plan slide. On this slide, we created questions that we thought were essential to making our projects work. We also provided a justification to explain why we thought our questions were useful and important.

DAY 30

DAY 30

For day 30 Mr. Neale introduced the LIGHTS project. We will be given a meter of LED light to use on a design we create. The colors we will be given are, blue, yellow, red, and white.

Next we went over the guidance. The guidance is the instructions for this project. We each read aloud parts of it to understand what we are doing and what we are expected of in this project.

After that we did some research and found pictures of things that inspired us and would contribute to design. As you can see Arman and Akira are very excited about the lamps that he is looking at.

The last thing we did was watch a video about how to create a lamp shade on Fusion 360. We would have to use many tools and really push a lot of our limits to what we can do on Fusion 360.

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PnKBSOulwo

Day 29

Today we finished our presentations for our AMPED project.

After the presentations, people who didn't test yet had a chance to test how well their amps amplified.

The tests saw a few failures, however Lisa's passive amplifier set the class record, amplifying sound by 10 decibels. Congratulations Lisa.

After having finished the tests, students were able to test out everybody's amplifiers. 

The students then watched a video, about badly designed doors, called norman doors, and how designs should make it so the user doesn't have to think about how the item works.

Day 28

For today, April 26th, the Design Fab students continued what we were doing in the last class, which was presenting our amplifiers to the class.


Student's presented their inspiration, design ideas, and more as they explained in depth how they started this amplifier project to now. In the second photo, this student displays her final product for the class. This project has helped the students get a better understanding of the functionality of amplifiers, and what it takes for the amp to make a very effective and efficient sound.




During class, most people were able to present. Today, we had 9 out of 16 of the students speak today, they were: Lucy, Risa, Rona, Bridget, Sean, Akira, James, Nicolas, and Taichi. Their presentations were very well prepared, and they all had very cool design.s Looking forward to observing the other students' final designs that were not able to go in class today. Below, are some of the pictures of the slides presented in class today.

Day 27

As we come to a close on our acoustic speaker project, the class was divided.



One group was finished their project and adding their final touches. They were hard at work as today would be the last time they had class time to work on their speakers.



Next where the people who had just finished. They were in the back room with Mr. Neale testing their projects to see if their hard work actually paid off. Mr. Neale was checking how loud the speaker actually amplified sound. He did this by measuring a baseline phone sound without a speaker, then measuring the same sound inside the speaker.



The last group of people were practicing for their presentations. The requirements were that you shared your project and portfolio with the whole class in no more or less the 3 minuets. Today's speakers were Arman, Sylvan, and Louis. All of them had excellent presentations and designs that clearly represent the hard work put into building these cool speakers.

Day 26

Today in class, we had a building day. Everyone should have started building and refining their creations today, and some finished their products as well.

Some of us used laser cutters to cut acrylic and wood for assembly.


 Here we see students working on constructing their amplifiers.

Some of us also worked on the aesthetic features of our finished products. Below we see a 3d printed piece being painted.



We also used a tool to measure the decibel increase of our amplifiers.

Day 25

This class, we finished up the last touches on our designs, and moved on to construction.

On Fusion 360, many people worked on finishing the orthographic view of their amp, which is important to the construction process as it gives exact dimensions for the prototype.



Today, a number of people also began the construction of their product. In the design lab, there are a number of different tools that are available for our construction of the amp.

Some people worked with hand tools to cut large pieces of wood, while some used the 3D printer, some worked with acrylic, and others prepared Adobe Illustrator files for the laser cutter.

Day 24

Day 24: Design and Fab

Today, a lot of people were making their drawing view for their measurements. While some started building. Mr. Neale showed us how to do the drawing view of our design, and how to show the measurements. The whole class was for finishing up the last touches. For me, I was finishing the measurements for my exploded view of my design.

Most people were on their computers finishing their designs.

Next class, after the break, most people will be finished with their design and start building on the 3D printer, the laser cutter, and more.

Day 23

Anyone who didn't get feedback talked to Mr. Neale. People who got their feedback worked on improving and testing their design. We spent the whole class finishing our final draft.