User:Stivi10/ENES-100/project1

--User:Carles Steve (discuss • contribs) 00:04, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Week1 Narrative
On Thursday 14 2013, the team was assigned to work on the Rude G. Machine, and after having been given a clear idea of what to do, the team gathered and  started talking about the three big parts that could be done for the  project, and the aspects chosen were:  the theme, the scale, and different tools that will be needed to make the project. For each part, a list was made and this was just a kind of brainstorming. The list can be seen in the /Conceive Page/.

My Second Task
During the weekend I extended my researches on the rube Goldberg machine. I looked up a couples of videos on Math theme, superheroes theme, Nintendo, and I noticed that the most used tools are levers, pulleys, rolling balls, ramps, tubes, magnet, and dominoes effect to keep things moving. Also we should start thinking backward from the last thing we want to happen to the task before, and so forth. Also, the scale should definitely be the engineering class because we don't have enough time to reach to build a so bi task that will be operate in the Duncan Hall, so tomorrow I will meet with my partners and we are going to share our researches made during the weekend, and extend our thinking.--Stivi10 (discuss • contribs) 03:40, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Week2 Narrative
I gathered with my team this week, I showed them what I did during the weekend, and I told them we should start finding the different steps to be included our machine and move on to the designing part, we then decided to work each person on a particular hero. I then advised the others to watch multiple videos on their hero, so that they can have more ideas on what the can do with it, and then bring that next week. Basically, this weekend, I will watch more videos on different superheroes, and decide which hero I will use for the project, and what he will do

My Third task
I have so many superheroes I could introduce in this project, but due to the time, I decided to use only two, The list of the videos watched that inspired me can be found under list. After watching all those, I was confused, I did not know what to do because they accomplish amazing things on the video, but to make them do the same in the project is another thing.Due to the fact Superman flies a lot, I then decided we could use him at the beginning of the project to go down an inclined cord, and at the end of the cord, he hits his car, and its car starts moving along a a road( that will be design later) to go and accomplish the next step. Also, due to the fact we need something to make the last step happened, I thought it will be a good idea to use Thor to do that with his hammer. I mean, if the last step is to break and egg, Thor could do that at the end with his hammer, or Thor could throw his hammer to accomplish another step. Due to the fact that we are going to be dealing with toys on this project, I went on "http://www.hyperstaffs.info/work/physics/Muirhead/website/main.htm" to learn how to make toys or mechanics move. Now that I have my steps, and I know how to make tows move, I will meet with the team on Tuesday, show then what I have done, see what they have done, and we will decide which step will be done and which one will not be done.conceive CDIO page

Week3 Narrative
After I presented my ideas to the team early this weekend, the idea to start with superman was accepted, but the one to end with hulk was rejected. As there was no final step, I decided to work on it by looking up more videos on the Rube Goldberg Machine in order to get inspired by one of those final steps. While I was doing so, I remembered that the instructor said when I was presenting that the superheroes usually catch the villain at the end, at the same moment, I decided to work on it and make it as usual.(catch the villain at the end), but in this case I thought using a pulley to make a trap fall and catch the villain will be a great idea. On the next meeting with my team, I told them that we should put all the steps together, finalize the conceive part, and start the design part. The steps were defined as showned in the updated conceive page or on the link below. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rube_goldberg_conceive_page.jpg

As it can be seen in the picture, I have been assigned the second and the last step, so this weekend that is what I spent my time doing. I started by going to http://www.hyperstaffs.info/work/physics/Muirhead/website/main.htm in order to learn how to pulley lift a trap, and then I decided to go buy some stuff that I didn't have so that I could do all my steps. I went to Walmart, target, Ross, and the only thing I was able to buy was a hanging lights that I will use to hang the pulley that I have on it. I couldn't buy the others because either they were out of stock or they were expensive than I thought. I then decided to wait the next meeting with the team, and tried to order together what will be needed for the project. When I got home, I started the last step as shown in the design page. As I did not have a trap yet, I replaced it by a bottle to see how it works, it not bad. I also thought having a villain moving back and forth,and estimate the right time at witch the trap should fall and catch him will be awesome. On the next meeting with my team, I will suggest them the idea I got, and see what they think about it.--Stivi10 (discuss • contribs) 01:04, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

My Fourth task
This week I met with the other member of the team, and I showed them what I did during the weekend, I also saw what they did.As next week is the last week, I decided to finish with my last step so that I will be able to present it. I first started by looking on Google.com how I could make a trap, and then a cage but I couldn't find what I was looking for, so I tried on ehow.com, and there, I found some interesting tutorials that I read and applied. I had a hard time with the wood, the measurements, and the linkage, but still manage to make something even though after I tried it with the pulley five times the trap fell down and broke into small pieces. I figure out that the trap broke because I didn't use a lot of glue to secure the top frame and face frame, and I didn't even let the glue dry before I tried it. As it took me a long time to do it, and I didn't want to do it again, I decided to write a tutorial on how to do it for the next group that will be working on this project. Also, I looked more into what could be done to make our project more interesting. For that, I made a proposition for each step that can be seen under /Lists/. Now that my steps are done, and that I have my propositions for the amelioration of the project, I will meet with my team, see what the got to propose, and add it to the tutorial.

Week 4 Narrative
I essentially spent this last week working on the /CDIO page/