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Internal Wax Components This week we acquired most of the materials we will need for the remainder of the project, including three new types to wax to experiment with– beeswax, paraffin wax, machinable wax. We also redesigned the mold for the wax components and are going to try to print and cast those molds this
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Four Week Plan Week Goals 4/12 1. Acquiring wax 4/16 1. Have a working bistable connection 4/23 1. SLA printing connector piece2. Getting a wax mold to work 4/30 1. Tuning the molds to get the desired motion 5/7 1. Tying up loose ends2. Final Documentation ABS Lego parts: Trial One Our printed Lego parts
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We rewired the 3×3 sensor grid we had last week and the signals become much cleaner, so I think the noisy signal from last week is caused by error in wirings. We were able to figure out a somewhat efficient way to create the sensor grid and fabricated a 6×6 sensor grid(which still took 2h+)
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Dorcas Lin, Ray Pai, Sophie Paul Goals for next 3 weeks: 4/12 to 4/18 — Create design system using 3-4 folds by end of this week (current have hinge fold and hybrid hard/soft setting nailed down, figuring out curves/curls) 4/18 to 5/2 — Based on design system, create a set of utensils. Refine cuts and
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This past week we have been established two different work flows: Elena has been working on the connection of the silicone piece to the Legos/tubes, while Sebastian has been continuing our work on the silicone parts. The Lego/tube/silicone connector progress: We have modeled three parts (to accommodate for the FDM printers we will be using
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We decided to use the open source multi-touch kit and purchased the parts needed for the kit. We also brainstormed on how to integrate the technology into our fabric book in a specific scenario. We decided to extend on the Jellycat If I were a Puppy Board Book and integrate digital tactile inputs, digital outputs(sound,
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Over the weekend, we met up to create a new model to send to the Stratasys printer. We determined that we wanted the second model we made to lengthen and developed an accordion-inspired air chamber. We also adapted our previous bending block to be at a smaller scale and are testing it out on Sebastian’s
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We each made attempts at creating molds for silicone inflatables. We printed these molds and attempted to cast silicone in them. We also attempted to create a mold by hand from plasticine and cardboard. All of the molds seemed to have issues with holes, the plasticine mold due to shoddy assembly and the printed molds
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Dorcas Lin, Ray Pai, Sophie Paul 4/7 Experiment Printed Templates 4/5 Experiment 4/1 Experiment Heat as Adhesive and Form Creation Two zig-zag overlapping this created semi-flexible hinges depending on which portion set first Two strips overlapping 3. Adding pressure to touchpoints to create hybrid joint Exploring New Design Affordances As our fabrication has begun to
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Last week we began exploring with balloons test out using syringes to control inflatables and to experiment with the different types of movement we could achieve with the inflatable actuators. We were able to produce a couple different semi-functional devices: a two-balloon actuator that could change the angle of a piece of cardboard, a three-balloon
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