On the 13th, we constructed fabric casings for piezos, which are small buzzers that can emit tones when powered. My casing happened to be in the visage of pac-man, and was constructed around the piezo, which had been removed from its original plastic ca...
On the 13th, I created a fabric switch based on a 1/0 switch. it was constructed of circular fabric, with a hole in the center of where the zero is. Three layers of fabric arranged in such a way separate two layers of foil, with two connectors. By pr...
After looking around and doing a bit of research, I found an article about an interesting DIY robotic arm that could actually play chess. The system, developed by Norris Labs, uses a Lynxmotion AL5D robotic arm to grab pieces, but does not rely on th...
Today, we dissasembled battery-powered plastic toy swords. We observed the internal circuits, and noted the components. Inside, there were two batteries, a circuit board, a speaker, a LED, and a button/switch. We did a bit of circuit bending by atta...
Today, we took apart various electrical devices. I wound up with a Samsung phone, and proceeded to take it apart. Through the proccess, I discovered, among things, that phones can be virtually impossible to take apart without breaking anything apart. ...
Today, we opened up an old HP inkjet printer. After struggling over the outer shell and numerous hex screws, we finally got to the internal components with the help of Toni. We found numerous circuit boards and mechanical components, and encountered a...
On the 19th, we worked with computer fans to create simple robots that could draw. We started out by attaching markers to the fan, and modified the power cables to accept a 9-volt battery. We removed some fan blades to put the fan off balance, and ...
On the 20th, we worked on assembling a junk bot; as we had limited knowledge and supplies, we primarily made sculpture-like bots or assembled rudimentary ones. My group assembled a dragon-like sculpture of a bot, with various scavenged parts. We used ...
Today, we worked on assembling a robot for our final project. Due to some unexpected changes in events, and a lack of supplies, I decided to work on a mechanical, automatically turning robot car…mess…thing. Sam dubbed it the “Samurai...
