My Design Challenge

I had to design my partner (Owen Chen) a product that would ensure that his favorite foods not get ruined. For example, he loves mango. But sometimes, mangoes are not ripe enough, so I sketched out a design that would help him solve that problem. For my project this time, I had to design a prototype for Owen’s problem of hamburgers falling onto the floor.

I could have made a boring plate, but I decided to make something less dull. Anti-gravity gloves. Although this technology is not yet invented at the present time, I was still positive that they would be in a few years.  My sketch was quite simple, a pair of gloves with a button at the bottom to activate the anti-gravity-ness. In my process of making my prototype, I realized that I did not have the ability to create my own gloves in light of the fact that I didn’t have the right materials. Now, this was a big problem because my whole invention was a pair of gloves. Therefore, I ended up using gardening gloves. Admittedly, this may not have been the best solution, but given the circumstances amid the virus outbreak, it was the best solution I had.  I tried my best to make my gloves look nicer, but nothing worked. I ended up using hot glue on the tips of the gloves and on the bottom to create what looked like a button. For the most part, I tried my best to make my prototype as close to the sketch as possible.