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Project 1: Milestone 1

I feel like I draw out of a very shallow pool of topics when it comes to things like this. I focus on either something mental health related, food systems related, or environmental. This time, I dipped into my inspiration pool and pulled out… mental health and the environment! What a surprise. But, it isContinue reading “Project 1: Milestone 1”

Lab 2: Digital I/O

There were two parts to this lab. In the first, we were supposed to build a circuit with two buttons that controlled lights. Each of the buttons was supposed to make the lights have a different reaction. The second part of the lab was to create two breakout boards, one for output and one forContinue reading “Lab 2: Digital I/O”

Class Portal: Milestone Two

Remember how I said I always bite off more than I can chew, but I wasn’t going to do that this time? Yeah… I did it again. I thought that images would prove to be a lot easier to work with than they actually are. My initial design was the interactive, motion filled plot thatContinue reading “Class Portal: Milestone Two”

Front-End Web Dev Milestone 1

Building a portal is always very difficult for me—it is one of those things where I have a vision that seems reasonable and easily completed, but always ends up vaguely disappointing. This is what happened with my Web Portal, my Creative Dev Tools Portal, and most of the personal portals that I have coded. IContinue reading “Front-End Web Dev Milestone 1”

Lab 1: Basic Electronics

In this lab, the objective was to build two circuits: one that had two LEDS in parallel, and one that had the two LEDs in series. Each circuit also included a voltage regulator, power source (9V), and resistors. The first circuit that I built was the circuit in series. Series means that the LEDs areContinue reading “Lab 1: Basic Electronics”

Final Project: Dreaming of Functionality

Here we are, at the end of the semester. I’d like to take a moment to reflect on how far I have come and how much I have learned. I’ve become accustomed to Rhino (I wouldn’t say mastered, yet, but we are getting closer), I’ve learned how to 3D print, and I’ve learned I loveContinue reading “Final Project: Dreaming of Functionality”

Lab 4: Rendering the Thing

In this lab we rendered the thing. Hurrah. I think this was, for me, the most frustrating lab to date. Mostly not a me problem, mostly a tech problem, which is almost worse. Fusion 360 does not play well with my little MacBook Air—it just does not want to give me images that look goodContinue reading “Lab 4: Rendering the Thing”

Lab 3: Unrolling

Well, here we are. Form lab three! In this lab, we are working with unrolling, or the art of modeling something in three dimensions, then making it into a shell that I can flatten out and unroll into a two dimensional plan. Think about something that can be printed out with a normal ink printer,Continue reading “Lab 3: Unrolling”

Lab 2: Cardboard Cutting

Part A: Model a Thing (then 3D print and laser cut it) Well, I have officially progressed from pretending to be useful to completely admitting my uselessness. Hurrah. In the last lab, I modeled a cute little star table, which could, with a little imagination, be considered functional. This lab, I modeled a mushroom. ItContinue reading “Lab 2: Cardboard Cutting”

Lab 1: Quite A Process!

To begin, this lab was really very fun. There were certainly moments of extreme frustration (WHYYY is this mug handle turning concave half way down??), but all the angst was worth it when I first held my little tiny star table in my hands, fresh off the 3d printer. Admittedly, it did not come outContinue reading “Lab 1: Quite A Process!”