EDW Day 3-July 7th- Ideation Part III- Aurora Bear Circuit Exploration; Electronic Schematics; Narrowing the choices, voting; forming groups

 EDW Photos Day 3: 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AZVxCxSiNyHcOPD4EkM1AFCx31WbKOae?usp=sharing

Videos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_BE-ISEl1U9gT7pL99Brchxm3zQTBpB-?usp=sharing

Today:

• Aurora Bear
• Schematics
• Learning to solder
• Narrow choices
• Form Teams

Why do you want to do things?

Pair up with someone you don't know super well, grab pencil and paper

5 Whys?

• Why did they suggest their idea?
• What is the story behind their project idea?
• Why does your partner want to do something?

See Morse- 

The tragic event that led to the invention of the telegraph

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/79030/tragic-event-led-samuel-morse-develop-telegraph#:~:text=His%20wife%2C%20Lucretia%2C%20had%20fallen,been%20buried%20for%20several%20days.

• Education
• Tony- Music glove
• Anji--Mary wants to make GPS shoes; wants to learn stuff; solve social problem
• To learn new skills, get better at things; first try is usually horrible

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Aurora Bears- Circuitry exercise

Keep all LEDs in the same orientation

 Ideation-

• Don't start with a super specific plan- keep it general..."I want to make a visual art piece"
• Renewable energy
• Environmental problems
• Optical illusions
• Mechatronics
• Autonomous Vehicles
• Aerial vehicles
• Assistive technologies

• VR/AR
• Water Travel
• Because it's fun
• Interactive AI

Put marks next to the one you are interested in; make 5 choices, then report out

• What is the prime issue?
• Forest Fire Protection/Autonomous plane
• Water Pollution/Autonomous Boats
• Aesthetics- Interactive Tim the Beaver-talks and shakes hands
• Helpful exoskeleton that keeps people from falling over
• "Trash talk"- What is being recycled?

  Voting- raise two hands for first choice, one hand for second choice (eyes closed):

    Lowest-ranked choices deleted, then votes taken again:

Get contact information for the people in your group

EDW Day 2- Brainstorming Day 2- Ideation; Density Beads Exploration

 Day 2-

Photos Day 2: 
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LGBfqoC85E7V2D6qHiZ6kiOkHxTTDspn?usp=sharing

Discussion of ideas-

• motorized sunglasses

Put colored 'votes' next to ideas

Lights that change with the weather- an animation that shows the weather

Music based on mood

This is what is done in improv theatre- each person builds on what the previous person has done---"yes---and-----"

Smart speakers

Tata-

• Hydroponics system
• Laser tag gun
• Tesla coil music
• Building Robot

Break into small groups- coalesce on one best idea-- "yes and____"

Put one best crazy idea on the board:

• Flaming sword that slices and toasts bread, adjustable intensity
• Scooby Scooper- robot that picks up dog poop
• Trash talk--"don't talk trash"
• Drone that can save people from fire
• A trash can that detects materials and yells at you if you are sorting it wrong

Narrow it to a feasible project.

• Plane that detects fires and sends GPS Coordinates
• Puts out fires- semi-autonomous
• Use AI to detect fires

Brayden:

• Drone that can save people from fires
• Robot in Barcelona that can locate a person in a smoky room

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Poly Density Beads: What do you see? Different sizes and colors of materials--looking for observations, not opinions

Buoyancy Bottles-- don't jump to explanations--be open to observations---see it with fresh eyes

When the 1L Poly Density Bottle is shaken, the blue and white beads mix as expected. However, when allowed to settle, the beads actually separate - white at the top and blue at the bottom. Then, the separated beads slowly come together in the center of the liquid. How often do you see something floating in the middle of a liquid? The Poly Density Bottle is great for illustrating many concepts, including solubility, density, miscibility, and the 'salting out effect'. Order spontaneously forming from disorder is unexpected and gives the illusion of a violation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. (Isopropanol not included).

How the Poly Density Bottle Works:

Water and isopropanol are soluble with one another in any proportion; they are miscible. Both the water molecules and the alcohol molecules have -OH groups that easily hydrogen bond to each other. The sodium chloride salt particles, Na1+ and Cl1-, however, preferentially bind with the water molecules forcing the alcohol molecules out of the water solution. This causes two layers to form: the isopropanol on top and the more dense water and salt layer on the bottom. This is because isopropanol and salt water are immiscible; they are not soluble with one another in all proportions. This 'salting out effect' is commonly used to remove organic molecules from an aqueous solution.

When the bottle is shaken, the two liquid layers momentarily mix, forming a pseudo-homogenous mixture with a density between the two separate liquid densities. The white beads with a lesser density than the liquid mixture float on top, and the blue beads with a greater density sink to the bottom. Then, as the aqueous salt layer separates from the alcohol, the blue beads rise in the bottom aqueous layer and the white beads sink into the top alcohol layer until they meet in the center. From lowest density to highest density, the order is as follows: isopropanol, white beads, blue beads, and salt water. Because the beads float between the two liquids, the actual isopropanol/saltwater interface is difficult to observe, adding to the mystery.

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Ideas 7-5-23

--Arpi:

* Drone with arm

* Arm with attached grappling hook grabby thing

* fall damage full damage resistant soft yarmak like something

* automated grilled cheese maker

* robotic arm that's controlled with your arm

* DIY turbine

* expired food catalog 

* Mickey Mouse hands 

* outlets outside

* eraser sharpener

* underwater earbuds

* reusable stickers

* to-go coffee reheater

* plane that has a stream or something

* an MIT logo

* laser circuit

* Organ recellurizer

* AI architecture

* Scribble?

Stella:

* can jam with light sensors

* making noise when I point is smoked

* water powered ear motorized shoes to walk faster

* Soccer ball whose weight randomly shifts

* idea generator

* 3D print a 3D printer

* arc reactor (Ironman)

* hat that tells you if you're about to hit your head

* weightless backpack

* handles for balancing on a skateboard

* jetpack

* light up clock

* pine launcher

* decision maker

* mood lights motorized pool elastic for food and drinks

* long arm to reach far

* shoes or suit to help you walk up glass windows for cleaning buildings

* plant monitor that screams like a baby that it needs water

* a flying camera that follows you to take pictures or videos

* a levitating crate from my dog so I can move it around easily

* a dog glider

* multifunctional pencil

* road safety device

* water alarm clock

* automatic plant feeder

* foldable roller coaster by Manha

* tennis ball machine with app to program it

* A drone without a propeller which flies like a bird

* underwater air drum

* polisher on surface something- by Phillip

* musical chair

* ethical fireworks

by Tata

* Maleficent’s wings

* 3D hologram like Star Trek holodeck

* velociraptor robot costume

* Bisco Robot- from Despicable Me

* Excalibur-- 

* wildflower seed launcher 

* automatic crochet machine

enujee

* passive aggressive To Do List

* route generator for a drive- example drive along the beach

* music generator  based off of mood

* robot that takes dog on a walk

* schedule generator that makes an efficient schedule-

* mechanical handwriting machine

* item tracker

* page turning device

* painting colors to sounds music or odors

* alarm timer for certain tasks

by Brayden

* robot that filters water( example pond water)

* a drone that looks like a bird

* laser guitar- plays rock

* app on a phone that customizes TV

* exoskeleton that can reach your house on back-- 

-by Marian

* charging tread

* changes the words

* something to get things without getting up like Spiderman

* umbrella that pops up from backpack when it rains

* robot that serves you a drink or something

* shoes that give you direction -

by Nathan

* bird house with automatic doors

* yeah

* drone which something weather

* measurement 

* Tim the MIT Robot

by aadit

* solar powered arcade game

* water powered rocket

* motorized sunglasses

* portable charger drone

* coin sorter 

* mini-fridge that tells you when food has gone bad

* interactive mini projector

* motorized kayak

* Musical arches

* Alarm clock that sets off fireworks

* robot that something

* a machine that something

* energy generator- Francesca

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* Plane that detects fires

* drone that rings emergency supplies

* submarine that measures the river pollution

* robot that cuts hair

* light that is based on the weather

* light up clock

* Pie launcher?

* Decision Maker

* Mood lighting

* Motorized pool floatie for food and drinks

* Long arm remote ?

by Christian

* socks collector

* sudoku solver

* robot that gives me food from the fridge

* remote catcher

* do not let that child something jacket-- 

* watch that flick it and it becomes a laser

 by Giulia

* Arduino reflex tester

* Theremin music generator

* cloud generator

* water glider

* something about stationary waves

* LED Rubik's Cube

* Robot that can walk upstairs

* hairline hider for something

—Chloe

* Robotic seagull that steals food

* Collapsible Kayak

* Steel trash harvester with rake

* Mechanical. Limiters but better?

* Roller skates with less friction

* Frisbee Launcher

EDW Day 1 July 5th 2023- Getting Acquainted; EDW Mindset; Ideation Part I; Telegraph Communication exercise

 First post

Photos- Day 1:

 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/164Lh5kEhq962UrP3efu7ApWhfFDIhb3l?usp=sharing

Met mentors- 

• Lora(NU)
• Aliyah(MIT)
• Jose(MIT)
• RyanF
• Danyelle
  
  
•  Julia(Ferrara)-Physics Hands-On Physics Education (HOPE)

edw2023_mentors@mit.edu

Met group from Ferrara Italy- Tata; Antonio from Chihuahua, Mexico

What do you want to make? 

• Plant waterer
• Cloud Chamber
• Robot that climbs up stairs
• Audio Speaker that encodes sounds
• Plasma Ball
• Quizboards
• Antonio- Mechatronics

It's hard to get good at anything without failure

EDW is chaotic by design. Not like school.

See things from multiple points of view--hear everyone's voice

Spread out tasks

Telegraph project-

    Communication protocols- What is the nature of communication?

• Ready to send
• Ready to receive
• Duplex communication
• Double Checking
• Message---->encode------>channel----->decode

Come up with 5 ideas each- 3 good, 2 stupid-- sign your work. Be outside of your comfort zone.

 Smoke Rings(discrepant event)

Do you feel the air that was in the box, or is a wave pushing the air in front of it?