User:Spark1525/ENES-100/project MakerFaire

Week0
I went to MakerFaire website: http://makerfaire.com/mini/ in order to organize plans and ideas for my fellow teammates. Currently, I am planning to organize a meeting with Student Government Association for funding/budgeting of this opportunity as well as local library for sponsorship as well. Also, I am going to fill out the Mini-MakerFaire online application sheet as a 'Leader' after discussing further details with my group members. The community will no larger than school/education, but again, this could change after discussing with the teammates. The overall point of view for the logistics were designed here: Logistics For the MakerFaire

Week1 Narrative
I have developed the budgeting plan for the team by creating a page for each three possible sites. I have based each logistic on mini MakerFaire. Applied to all of the listed possible Maker sites, I assumed to have minimal of 10 Makers for the event while consisting non-paid volunteers for physical labors including cleaning and set-ups.
 * 1) Logistics for MakerFaire (Budgeting): National Electronics Museum
 * 2) Logistics for MakerFaire (Budgeting): Buggs
 * 3) Logistics for MakerFaire (Budgeting): Node

Week2 Narrative
For this week, I have created demo/tutorials for the possible bristlebot models for the Mini MakerFaire. Some models, however, had to be accounted due to its potential danger and harm for the young children to build and play with. Therefore, I have included pros and cons to each bristlebot model in regards to both safety precautions and promotions for the individual model. The models are listed from the least to strongly recommended (Model 1 = least, whereas Model 4 = strongly recommended). The details are explained in each Bristlebot page.


 * 1) BristleBot Model 1
 * 2) BristleBot Model 2
 * 3) BristleBot Model 3
 * 4) BristleBot Model 4

Week3 Narrative
For this week, I've attempted to bring improvements to the most recommended BristleBot Model 4. To neatly organize the list of problems and improvements, I've made a separate link: BristleBot Model 4: New Edition.

Week4 Narrative
For this week, I have physically applied the list of new suggestions to improve the most recommended BristleBot Model 4. Because each idea required different materials and approaches, I've decided to make separate links for each improvement.

Summary:
 * BristleBot Model 4: Version 1
 * BristleBot Model 4: Version 2
 * BrislteBot Model 4: Version 3
 * These attachments only made the movement of the bot worse
 * Nothing 'improved'
 * Only the lightest material (paper clip) maintained the original, fast speed
 * Still spins off into a circular, non-straight direction