Thu. Feb 25, 2021, 10:30AM to 12:20PM (Zoom)

Today’s class is primarily devoted to hands-on learning.

Warm-up

  1. Brief check-in.
  2. Any questions?

Assignment 6 Review

Let’s take no more than ten minutes to discuss your progress on Assignment 6.

  1. What features and techniques did you try out?
  2. Did you get stuck trying to figure anything out?
  3. What was the most surprising discovery?

MQTT Assistance

Do you still need help getting the MQTT working?

Pneumatics

We will be using pneumatic structures and air pressure to create kinetic movement. Using plastic, heat sealing, syringes, valves, tubes, and heart pressure pump, we can create a wide range of movement. Pneumatics can be used on the body, within architecture, or as standalone objects.

Examples

Materials:

  • Soldering Iron
  • Soldering iron tip
  • Parchment Paper
  • Ruler
  • Xacto knife and board (optional)
  • Scissors
  • Sharpie
  • Tape
  • Heart pressure pump
  • Syringe
  • Nuts and valves

Overview:

  • Soldering Iron & Work Surface
    • Put on new soldering iron tip
    • How to turn on and turn up/down soldering iron
    • How to rest soldering iron
    • Workspace clear and on “heat resistant” surface
  • Plastic
    • Ways to cut the plastic
    • Marking the plastic
  • Heat Sealing
    • Drawing on lines to see through parchment paper
    • Folding over (or two layers of) parchment paper
    • Temperature vs. speed (Best temperature is 280 or 380)

Demos:

  • Row of lines, squares and circles
  • Two-Sided Balloon
    • adding valve
    • sealing
    • Tubing to syringe
    • Reuse of valves, nuts, tubing, syringe
  • Hinge 
    • Made from two-sided balloon
    • Changing the location and size of center hinge shape
  • Lift Muscle
  • Curved Bending
  • Others:
    • Push-Up
    • Multi-sided balloon
    • Complex shape (pipe screw)

Assignment 7