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Art & Design

Project Ideas with LEDs and 3D Printer

My partners and I have brainstormed these ideas:

  • Light-up pencil holder
  • Light-up jack-o-lantern (lights used in cut outs)
  • Light-up cup holder
  • Light-up finger plate
  • Kids toy
  • Light-up sign (open/exit)
  • Light-up framed glasses
  • Trashcan basketball hoop

Top 4 Table Ideas:

  • Trashcan basketball hoop
  • Light-up jack-o-lantern
  • Magical box
  • Open/exit sign

Top 4 Ideas From Each Table:

  • Jack-o-Lantern
  • T-rex
  • Table Catapult
  • Small Christmas Tree
  • Etch a Sketch by Touch
  • Twister Squares
  • Light Sabers
  • Impossible Box- human turns switch on, and box turns itself off
Art & Design

Circuits and Switches

I am not the kind of person that has an easy time understanding circuits and how they work. By working with my partner, and watching a series of videos, I was amazed at what we learned how to do. We learned how to use a battery to make an LED light turn on. I learned that in order to turn it on you have to match up the negative side with the positive side.

Simple Battery Light Connection

The second thing that I learned is how to use the wires to make the LED light turn on. We connected one wire to the battery (in a holder), and the LED light to the other side. The wire was then connected to the switch and then to the LED light.

Basic Circuit with Switch

The third thing that we accomplished was the breadboard. We put a series of wires into certain spots on the breadboard along with an LED light(s). I learned that to put more lights in it you have to put them in the same column as the first light.

Breadboard 1

Art & Design

USB Drive Hangers

For our project, my partner and I decided to make something to hold the USB drives. We thought of a bunch of ideas, but most of them were just different types of baskets. We decided to go with our most unique idea of hangers. This idea came from when I remembered that my mother uses something a little like this design to hang her aprons. For our design, we have three hooks all attached to each other that can be hung on the wall, and used to hang the USB Drives. We decided to go along with this idea instead of our others, which consisted of different forms of baskets, because we wanted something that would stand out. When we actually starting to make our design in sketch up, we had a little trouble making our hook 3-D. We also had trouble rotating them the way that we wanted. After we got over those hurtles, we were able to bring everything together.

JPEG USB Drive Hanger

Art & Design

Learning SketchUp

For the last week or so, I have gone from not knowing how to do anything on sketchup to building a dining room set. I learned how to draw simple shapes and use the push, pull tool to make them 3D. I have also learned how to change views, make guides, and rotate on different axis’. After all of that, here is my final dining set.

Nell Dining Set