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Brainstorm for Project Ideas (LEDs)

My partners and I are dealing with something we could make with 3D printed design that uses LEDs.

1.  Light up shoe

2. Light up water bottle (temp)

3.  Light up glasses

4. Light up earrings

5. light up clock

6. light up hair extensions

7. light up socks (temp)

8. light up speaker

 

9. bookmarks

 

 

Top 5:

– water bottle

– hair exstentions

– eiffel tower

– light up watch

– glasses

 

other table:

– human heart w/ lights to show pathways

– lightsaber

– light up brain

– light up sign

LED and Circuits

 

Today in class I learned about circuits using the bread boards and LED lights. We plugged in the wires and lights to create a full circuit. Finally we used the computers and code to cause the lights to flash. There were a lot of errors for us but switching computers helped us. We also learned how to add another flashing light but just put one into another ground and the other in the other ground slot. ledpic1ledpic2

Making the Accessory

Our design had a lot of versions but we figured out less is more. The design was basically to have mail slots for the USBs to be housed in. The measurements were hard to mess around with so that everything fit together.  Our design ended up being something like an oven without a door. We also added a lip with holes so we can hang it easily. We also took away multiple slots and just put one big slot.  LizUSB

Learning SketchUp

I learned about rotating and different ways to use the push pull tool. For instance when you push something back to where it is blue and white, that means that it won’t show up. I also learned how coloring works as well as putting in a floor. I’m bad at sketchup so this was good for me to have.chloechable