October 2017 Page 7 of 8
During my museum visit I observed this weight-driven clock/counter. The mechanism is designed so that a hand crank raises a weight. The weight then pulls on an escapement…
We created a rubber band sentry gun which can rotate to aim, and adjusts the rubber band launch angle. It includes two DC motors for lift and spin,…
Stone and I decided to make a basketball catapult as our project. The idea is that a ball is tossed from the catapult into a netting or bucket,…
For Tech Demo 3 Josh and Helena are building a type of drawing machine in which a planetary gear system will hold multiple pens and draw geometric designs…
Inspired by the opening to Game of Thrones, we wanted to recreate a smaller scale version of a pop-up castle operated by gears. Starting with a simple servo…
We are building a small machine that will brush a person’s hair. When a person gets close enough to the device, a hair brush attached to a stepper-driven…