Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Westwood on the cutting edge





It would be a great thing if we could 3d print toilets.  Or parts for the toilets.  We would not have worry about ordering parts we could just creat the parts we need to fix the issue.  The 3d printer would allow for these toilets and parts to be created with ease.  It would change the plumming world completley.   










Brain storming:
3d printed toilets- You can create toilets or toilet pieces to help fix or give youself a new toilet.
Artifcial human body parts- You can create human body parts from the 3D printer so if you lost a body part you can print one out, so you can have a new body part. 
 3d printer- I will create a 3d printer out of my 3D printer so i can sell them and make more money
3d Mr. Atkins- I will create it so we can recreate Mr. Atkins so he will be back in class(my idea not Jasons)
Muzzle- I will create a muzzle so when jason talks about fantasy football in class we can put it on him so we won't be able to hear him

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Design Cycle Notecard challange

   
We were given a 5x7 notebook and tape to make paper colums.  These colums were to hold as much weight as you could get them to.  The best way to make the colums was to make them short and that the center was a hole with no loose paper.  Cause the longer the colum the more likley that it would fall or buckle under the weight.  You also want to make sure that it is not to skinny as well.  Long and skinny is the wrong way to go.  The best way was to make it wide, but not to wide, and at leat one inch tall. 

Thursday, October 3, 2013

The self driving car

Google has recently been able to develop the technology to create a self driving car. The cars use video cameras, radar sensors and a laser range finder to see other traffic.  As well as detailed maps to navigate the road. 
The self driving car is not yet ready to be purchased.  It is a huge advancement though.  It allows people to not have full control of the vehicle which could be a good thing, because there won't be human error.  It is a huge advancements then what cars do now.  This is historically important because it will help cut out a lot of accidents that may happen with a human driver.  
The Toilet

The toilet is one of the best invention to be created.  Even though Thomas crapper has been known as the inventor of the toilet, there has been a few others who have tried to create and may have created a functioning toilet.  The toilet can be traced back to 1596 by a British nobleman, John harrigton.  Thomas had the first patent for the toilet. holds the 1819 British Patent for a “Silent Valveless Water Waste Preventer”. This device was a system which allowed a toilet to flush effectively

The toilet helped allow for indoor plumbing.  People no longer had to go in holes or things like that.  This product help everyone.  A flusing toilet help keep things sanitaary as well.  It was not just lying around in a hole now.