Explain how you used design thinking practices to arrive at this iteration of your toy/device.
I came to a final idea of an electrical paddle boat. Firstly, I believe it is important to maintain the initial design of my product so that overall I did not change the original design. However, as I considered having the product function successfully and have little impact on the environment made me make one adjustment to ensure that, which was using only one paddle instead of two. One paddle is already enough to generate the whole boat to move in water, having two would just be a waste of material.
Measurements:
- length 16cm
- width 10cm
- height 3cm
Energy transfer:
Electrical energy to kinetic energy, electrical Energy is stored in the battery. After pressing the button for the boat, the circuit is complete. In the motor, the stored electrical energy is transferred to kinetic energy. With it, the paddle will be in motion.
Tools:
- hot glue gun
- wood driller
- scissors
Building Techniques
- gluing: this technique would be used throughout the design, the glue I will be using for my product is hot glue. I will be applying hot glue to the different pieces of wood that have been laser cut and stick them together orderly.
- drill: this technique would be used when creating holes in hard materials, like, wood in order for my screws to be screwed in.
- laser cutting: the technique would be where I design the shapes and pieces of wood I will be using on Affinity designer, then later used to assemble my product.
Develop a detailed plan for creating the preferred design, including success criteria.
- aim to complete the prototype by March 3rd
- Lesson 5: gather peer feedback, and based on the feedback make adjustments to the final product.
Success criteria
- The electrical paddle boat should be able to float on water.
- The electrical paddle boat should be able to generate its paddle in the water.
- The electrical paddle boat should be able to move in water by itself for at least 1 meter.
Materials
- laser cut board
- motor
- rubber band *1
- paddle wheel
- hot glue
- battery *2
- foam board
- screw *2
- wires
- metal stick (as thin as possible)
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