Sharing the Product:

My product is an electrical paddle boat. When using it, it converts electrical energy to kinetic energy. Energy is stored in the battery, and as the user turns the product on, energy is transferred through the wires and to the motor, the mother then generates causing the rubber band along with the paddle to generate.

Design process:

The process of creating this product was with the inspirational videos I researched on YouTube. I began with the idea of a rubber band paddle boat. However, after listing all the materials, I noticed that it was using so much wood making it not environmentally friendly. Hence, I eventually decided to make an Electric paddle boat. Then with the initial idea of the electric paddle boat, I started drawing to define and inquire. I considered things like, who would be the user of this and how it is environmentally friendly.

After that, I started developing and planning out my design, getting the measurements, building techniques, materials needed, and success criteria.

Finally, after all of the preparations, I was ready to construct my product. The whole construction process was really smooth, things worked out as planned. From this, I have also learned that it is very important to prepare and plan well before constructing, which I think I did well which made my construction process easier and faster for me.

Assessing against the rubric & success criteria:

Looking at the rubric, I was able to clearly define the design problem including the target audience, effectively apply design thinking practices to generate a wide range of divergent ideas, and document the design process explaining the strength and weaknesses of my process and final product.

Lastly, looking at the success criteria I have achieved all of them. The electrical paddle boat was able to float on the water itself, it was able to generate its paddle in the water, and it was able to move in water by itself for more than 1 meter which shows that the product was overall pretty successful.

 

Explain how and why your toy/device meets the design specifications.

The electric paddle boat meets the design specifications because it successfully demonstrated energy conversion, electrical energy to kinetic energy. The product also has little effect on the environment compared to products that were made mostly out of plastic and products that are using a lot of wood. In my product, the precise measurement of wood I have laser cutter out is a length of 22cm and a width of 11cm.

Other reflections: What are you most proud of? What was most challenging

I believe that the part that I am most proud of is also the most challenging part of my product, which was to laser cut all of the pieces. I began by using affinity designer to design all my pieces which I found most challenging. In addition, I was also proud of myself to finish the product even though I was away for 2 classes due to a tournament I had, I found time out of class to complete and finalize my product. On the other hand, once the pieces were cut out I felt a sense of achievement and was able to quite easily assemble the product which I would say a fairly easier constructed step of my product.