My Cranky Contraption

Overall, I think this product was successful because…​

I think this product was successful because I managed to make a cranky contraption that can successfully function normally but with an added theme.  The theme I included here is a police officer because my client for this design is a police fan. My client is one of my friends from my old school BSB, but now he is in Canada. I still have contact with him, but I want to make a cranky contraption for him because he has played a role in my life.

 

One thing I’d like to change is…​

One thing I’d like to change is I’d have the proper colors of a police officer. I have accidentally mistaken dark blue as black, therefore it doesn’t look as realistic. A normal police officer has a blue shirt and maybe black pants (which I have accomplished successfully). Another thing I would have changed is to have the paint to be done properly. When I have done the painting, because of the lack of time I painted directly on objects even when they are not dry, causing it to have lower quality.

 

My biggest obstacle was…

My biggest obstacle is that I want the arm to go high up. At first, I thought to put the linkage nearer to the right side of the arm, but that just resulted in the arm going very down. Therefore I reversed and made the linkage go through the arm more closer to the left, which results in the effect I have now.

 

Save the penguins & Cup Insulator

For the Save the Penguins dwelling and Cup Insulator, I am very proud of how I overcome my fear of hot glue and used it myself (however very badly)!

I would improve my insulator more by design and layering to prevent heat if I would do it differently and reduce thermal energy transfer. I would make the cup less floppy and have a option to have the cup or remove the cup.

The cup quality is not bad but I realized that the hot glue for the mouthpiece melts and will not be good when someone is drinking the water. This will cause complaints if it is actually marketed. There are random pieces of hot glue on the prototype and the insulator is not waterproof.

Penguin Dwelling
Storyboard
Insulator on the cup

‘Survival’ challenge

In science, we did a design challenge and designed a water filterer. We planned, built, improved and tested our prototype. It was fun! After the test, we found out our water is clean, but not SUPER clean. We can’t drink the water anyways!

This is my prototype for the design challenge