Egg Drop Challenge

Total # of achievements earned: 17

-Your materials fit inside a printer paper box.

-Your materials fit inside a shoe box.

-Your materials fit inside a cigar box.

-Your materials fit inside an Altoids box.

We used 3 balloons, 3 marbles, and a string.

-Your materials weigh less than 500 grams.

-Your materials weigh less than 300 grams.

-Your materials weigh less than 200 grams.

-Your materials weigh less than 150 grams.

-Your materials weigh less than 100 grams.

-Your materials weigh less than 50 grams.

We weighed in at 106 grams with the egg.

-You hit the butcher paper!

-You hit inside the third ring!

-You hit inside the second ring!

-You hit inside the first ring!

-You hit the Bullseye!

We hit the designated area even with pretty strong wind.

-Create a sketch of one possible solution. Include labels.

-Generate a list of materials required for build day.

Some designs/strategies our class did well on was using balloons. Some groups put little barriers on their eggs so their egg would be protected. Terry and I decided to put our egg in a balloon that was inside another balloon to absorb the impact better. We would probably put more protection around our egg if we had to redesign it because our egg broke unfortunately.

TED

1) The TED organization is about spreading ideas.

2) The purpose of the website is to bring people from the 3 worlds together. The functionality of the website supports that because it shows ideas from all 3 of the worlds.

3) I think we would pick technology, entertainment, and design because as engineers, those would seem the most interesting to us.

4) One video that I would pick would be How I taught rate to sniff out land mines because as a problem solver, he solves how to detect land mines without the use of technology which is very interesting. I would also pick How I built a toaster from scratch because as a problem solver, if you needed a toaster, you could just make one. I would also choose the Rise of Personal Robots because as an engineer, creating the robot could help a lot of old people if you were trying to come up with something to help them with.

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6) I could get involved with this by studying animals and animals' behaviors in college.

Reverse Engineering: Functional Analysis

1)The purpose of these headphones is to block out sound and listen to music with good quality.







2)It operates because it amplifies sound and you do not have to use a speaker.

4) The wire coming up from the ipod is visible. Also, you can me mechanical components inside the headphones.

5) You can not identify how the sound gets to the headphones from the ipod.

Reverse Engineering

Visual Analysis

For the headphones, there is color because its black and red, balance because if you cut it in half its still reatins lines of symmetry, and form because it looks sleeck and nice.

Functional Analysis

The purpost of the product is to listen to music and block out other sounds. It has two earphones that cover ur entire ear so you can not hear anything else except the music.

Graphic Design

Chevey Camero 2011

This advertisement came from a brochure sent by Chevy to existing Camero owners
it is marketing the new Chevy Camero

me and my partner discussed the following

message content: short and direct got to the point quick






size and shape: it was short and in bullets to keep the reader entertained






readability: easy keeps the audience entertained






needs audience: the audience would be to all people that can drive cars and love Chevy






use of design elements and principles: forum,emphasis,color,balance and texture






What are trends? Why is it important to identify them prior to graphic design?

Trends are patterns it is important to identify them to know when to release your products

2. How does human nature play a role in how a product is marketed to a specific demographic group?




Human nature is you want every thing now this plays a role in marketing because all you need to say is this is the next big thing

3. How is a potential audience identified?

Through study groups

4. What must you discover about the target audience prior to graphic design




To figure out how to appeal to that group