Hello everyone,
Before i jump into this weeks happenings, let me briefly tell you how we finished the third week of SEED. On Friday, we had the morning meetings as usual and went on to the Pugh screening to obtain the best brainstormed ideas. We then did the Pugh scoring in the afternoon. Honestly, scoring the ideas was really hard because most of the ideas were kinda similar. Despite the similarities, we managed to score the brainstormed ideas in terms of comfort and support, Range of motion and durability. It took us so much time that we were unable to finish everything. We decided to finish up the next Monday.
In the evening, we some time to hang out with some of the rice students; Cordbin and Andrew by the benches at Martel college. It was really nice.
Monday, July 1
Monday marked the beginning of the 4th week of SEED.
Without wasting any time on Monday, we jumped straight into the Pugh scoring. We managed to finish scoring all the ideas and the one that scored the highest was called the “Iron Throne“. This was an idea that was based off the previous teams design. It consists of a chair with a metal frame made of aluminum, a ratchet hinge for posture adjustment, a travel pillow neck support and side supports for the head.
In the afternoon, Andrew and i focused on the CAD drawing of the iron throne while chisomo and Alexus made the presentation for the Midsummer Presentations that were scheduled on Tuesday at 1 pm. As the saying goes, “practice makes perfect”, Chisomo and Alexus practiced their presentations in front of adulfor and Grant. They gave very helpful feedback to prepare them for the presentations the next day.
CAD drawing of the iron throne.
Tuesday, July 2
In the morning, we all worked on the presentation, to make it as perfect as possible. Chisomo and Alexus practiced and practiced so much until they memorized the words in the slides. Then Andrew and i made the low fidelity prototype of the iron throne.
Picture of the Low fidelity prototype of the iron throne.
It is similar to previous design with improvements in terms of lower back support and head and neck support. After lunch, we had the mid summer presentations. All the teams presentations were amazing. Questions were fired after each presentations to get clarification and perhaps more detailed explanations on a particular part of the presentation.
Wednesday, July 3
Today started off with the morning meeting as usual. We then went over the comments made by our TA’s concerning yesterday’s presentations. After that we started working on the medium fidelity prototype that you will get to see next week after its completed.
I also took the safety quiz for the laser cutter and i am waiting for approval. On Monday, i plan to work on a personal project to learn more about laser cutting, i can’t wait.
We plan to return to the OEDK again on Sunday to continue prototyping. What a long weekend it is going to be. My friends and i are going to Dallas!!. It just so happens that we are celebrating the Malawian independence on 6th July, which this Saturday. Enjoy your holiday.
Happy 4th of July!!