User:Mitchell~enwikiversity/ENES100/project 3

My Instructor's user page which points to this.

My task was

 * Create blood cooler slideshow presentation
 * Find cartoon animation software and animate how blood cooler works
 * Find information about Core Control gloves in existence worthy of the team project page

What I did
Background information to be used in presenting or answering questions:
 * Found this rubber industrial seal for core control glove.
 * Material looks like a unique combination between rubber and foam
 * Found this list of parts for official core control glove.
 * Buying glove new is $995.00, but sum total of replacement parts is only $431.55
 * Hypothetically, there is a part missing though it is not clear which part
 * Hand Pod Perfusion Pad Assembly replacement part price not listed. Could be $500
 * AVAcore is working on a quick-heating glove for hypothermia victims
 * Found a kid's cartoon animation and game making software called Scratch. http://scratch.mit.edu/
 * Learned the Scratch program and began to make animation of person working out, using core control glove, then cooling off

Video
 * Find the rough-draft animation of how a blood cooler works HERE
 * Man in video turns pink as he swims, then become cool again when he inserts his hand into the cooler
 * Over-exaggeration of blood cooler effectiveness makes effects easier to explain to audience
 * Tried downloading CamStudio for screen-capturing but got 3 separate warnings from Antivirus software. CamStudio comes with unwanted adware and toolbars
 * Began to make clip of blood cooler zoomed in, showing vacuum seal, blood being pulled through hand and into core, and water cooling blood.
 * Learned how to use frames to make presentation videos.

Proposed next steps

 * Edit video to look more professional
 * Add and publish clip of how blood cooler works, with blood being pulled to arm then cooled and vacuum seal holding veins open
 * Re-shoot video using safe screen capture software
 * Add sound effects/music to background instead of soft noise
 * Add video to presentation
 * Since blood cooler will be visible during presentation, no other slides needed except maybe for a few facts about Core Control
 * On the project itself, find a soft airtight rubber cone to use for prototyping air-tight opening.
 * Continue prototyping barrel design
 * On presentation, add facts about Core Control with pics

My task was

 * Prepare presentation for ThursdayBlood cooler poster.jpg


 * Add details showing how blood cooler works to cartoon
 * Use VLC Studio to publish video to youtube
 * Prototype blood cooler cone opening

What I did
Created sign to use at HCC engineering projects night (see right) Made prototype of Blood Cooler cone opening:

Progress on Presentation Cartoon Animation:
 * Replaced old video with this new one
 * Later added this version with captions
 * Computer does not have enough ram to smoothly run Scratch software and video recorder so video is glitchy
 * New video emphasizes overheating and cooling of swimmer's body
 * Created part II of the video but computer did not have enough ram to record
 * Shows close-up of swimmer's hand in glove
 * Moving arrows indicate how the blood flows in the swimmer's arm
 * Cool water is pumped into cooler
 * Cooler begins to glow blue around hand and copper pipe to symbolize cooling
 * Blood that leaves the hand gains a bluish hue to show cooling being sent to body
 * Created part III of the video
 * Shows inside of cold blood vessel:
 * Without vacuum seal. Vein is compressed and blood cells do not flow freely.
 * With vacuum seal. Vein is more open and cells flow more freely. A timer allows viewers to compare how fast cells flow per option.
 * | Link to part III

Proposed next steps

 * Find a computer that can record part II of the video. This is the most complex, most educational, and highest-quality part of the video
 * Merge all three parts into one documentary
 * Prepare for Presentations day:
 * Paint prototypes to make them presentable
 * Get cold water pumping through copper so people can feel the cold pipe and understand it's effect
 * Consider what materials to use to improve prototype
 * Final cone needs a lesser slope than current cone
 * Should be just as flexible as current cone
 * Should ultimately be just one assembly in which unnecessary smaller cones can be pushed out of the way but not removed from entire cooler
 * Requires a stopper so cones do not squeeze past each other and fall into cooler
 * Should be easily attachable to cooler itself