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Art and Design

Brainstorm for 3D LED Project

Enoch and I are brainstorming ideas for a project that incorporates using the 3D printer and LED’s.

– Light up Mug

– Light up tables

– Light up phone case

– Light up shoes

– Light up headphones

– Light up charger horse

– Light up glasses

– Light up clock

– Light up door handles

– Light up speaker

Top 4:

– Light Up Responsive recycling basket

– Light up Phone Case

– Light up Rubber Ducky

– Light up Sneakers

Other Groups Top 4: 

– Red light up sword (lights as you thrust)

– Light up notebook

– Light up key chain

– Lantern

Art and Design

Learning LED it up!

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During class today, we watched several videos about how to make an LED light up, how to make a circuit, how to add a resistor to a circuit, and how to add a switch to a circuit. My favorite part was making a circuit with a resistor, because although it seemed complex, it was rather easy once you got the hang of it. I connected all of the wires and the 9V battery to the bread board, and then I put the resistor adjacent to one of the wires. After this, I placed the positive LED leg in the same row as the resistor and then placed the other leg in another column. Finally, I added one more wire and turned the LED light on! To expand on this, I decided to add a switch that could control the light and turn it on and off!

Art and Design

Pencil Holder for Maker Space

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Adrienne and I worked together during the first day to complete sketches of our pencil holder. We wanted to make it more complex than any simple pencil case, so we bounced around ideas and decided to divide the case into four sections. Two sections would be for erasers, thumb tacks, etc. and the other two would be to hold pencils or pens. The next few days we used rulers to take measurements of the table, and worked in sketchup to formulate our product so that it would fit in the empty space of the table. I am pleasantly surprised with how well it turned out!

 

Art and Design

Learning SketchUp

I had only used SketchUp once before this experience and that was in 7th grade for a project. When we did that project though, SketchUp wasn’t really explained to us and we were just kind of thrown into it and had to figure it out on our own. While using it in this class, I got to learn everything step by step and I know so much more now than I did then. I learned things such as making a component, how to alter the dimensions, how to navigate moving and rotating items, and more.

Here is the product I made with Google SketchUp:

Picture of Table Set