User:MuzicMan60/ENES-100/project 0/ENES-100

Week1 Narrative
0/0/0 ... nothing to grade ---1sfoerster (discuss • contribs) 16:26, 18 February 2014 (UTC)-1sfoerster (discuss • contribs) 19:04, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

Week2 Narrative
Over the weekend I used my time trying to solve the arm seal issue on my project. I needed to find a way to seal off the arm completely inside of our Core Control device, as well as have it fully adjustable. The two solutions I have came up with are using a /Robot End Effector/ as well as my own original idea of using some sort of thin flexible rubber material. The material would be formed into a Q shape, and then sectioned off using small rings at specific places on it. Maybe at 1/3 marks along the ring, as well as another to section off the straight part. The Q would then be filled up with water and mounted onto the interior of the entry point to form the seal. The persons arm would more water out of the ring as more space was needed and the excess water would be stored in the "tail" of the Q. This would form an adjustable air tight seal. Both solutions seem promising. I should be able to start coming up with prototypes very soon.

10/10/10 ... very good ... I can visualize what you are doing from your words above. Need to draw picture of it with some software. --1sfoerster (discuss • contribs) 15:52, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Week3 Narrative
Over the weekend, I began brainstorming the Pros and Cons (upload picture of notebook) of materials that would best suit the needs of the Q design. I figured that the best materials would need to be flexible, strong/elastic like, non-permeable and durable enough to withstand multiple users. It must also be strong enough to not pop on contact from jewelry such as bracelets or rings. So far the materials evaluated were: Latex, Extra large balloons, nylon and a thin rubber. Each will have to be evaluated in an actual prototype and then voted on before and final decision can be made.

Already has been done ... just listing the materials is not going to push the project forward ... I liked the idea presented in the class room ... of water ... a liquid that would pressurize when the hand is inserted .. by squeezing out a balloon somewhere ... need very elastic material that can withstand lots of repeated use ... needs to be built and tested ... what is the Q design ... need an image, icon, ... why that name? ... so far Q design seems designed to attract attention to something, but I can not figure out what it is .. 10/10/5 --1sfoerster (discuss • contribs) 15:32, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Week4 Narrative
While waiting for /The Donut Ballons/ I ordered to arrive, so I can begin testing them, I started having new ideas as a back up in case the balloon was not strong enough. The next best material I think will suit our needs is a /Children`s Toy/. Because it was made for children, it is stretchy, VERY easy to manipulate, is water resistant and should provide a comfortable and durable seal. I could not find the exact name of the toy I had in mind, but the images shown in the link above are the same sort of material. The toy I am still searching for is MUCH thicker and is in the shape of a snake. I am going to use silicone to attach this snake toy along the outer ring of the opening on the core control device. Its flexible nature will allow it to "adapt" to whatever size forearm is placed into the device and create a solid seal.

Aside from this, I also began constructing our team page and communicating with /Evan/ in regards to collecting information about our project and posting it onto our team page.

donut latex ballons may not be useful .. because center seems very small and hardened to not flex as balloon fills up.

The balloon wouldnt be filled up all of the way so this shouldnt be a problem. If it proves to be a problem, we could always insert a placeholder into the opening such as a /Ring/ to maintain a standard size of around 2 inches in diameter, and then just remove it once the subject wants to use the device.

seating cushions look too big. --1sfoerster (discuss • contribs) 19:52, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

The goal at home is not to have ideas. You were going to purchase some balloons and practice tying them together, take pictures, stick your arm through them. Work on team page add's work for me or whoever is going to make it useful in the future. I have edited it. Your goal is to make it the premier corecontrol web page on the internet ... capture information ... shrink it to a sound byte ... leverage all the other documentation that has been done on it 10/10/0 --1sfoerster (discuss • contribs) 16:22, 11 March 2014 (UTC)