Author: jtsai27

  • Personal Project Progress Update

    Hi guys To recap, my project is an ai powered goal setting app that breaks down large ambitions like learning spanish or running a marathon into smaller steps like binging Dora for 5 hours or putting on shoes, and for my prototype, I decided to make an app that mimics what AI will do, where…

  • Project Pitch

    ^^^ Pitch Deck and Recording

  • Making Good Life Choices

    Problem Definition A team of astronauts need a form of transportation that is able to efficiently cover a minimum round trip distance of 5km from point A to point B. This form of transportation must be able to overcome the 3% Earth gravity of Ceres, below -105°C temperatures, rocky terrain and make the most of…

  • Ceres Final Report

    Introduction Our initial goal was to test the ability of our vehicle to traverse rough and rocky terrain while staying true to it’s pre-coded path. However, we ran into a couple major issues. Original CAD Design This was our original design. We intended to use springs and a piston mechanism to create suspension. However, this…

  • Ceres: Design Proposal

    A team of astronauts need a form of transportation that is able to efficiently cover a minimum round trip distance of 5km from point A to point B. This form of transportation must be able to overcome the 3% Earth gravity of Ceres, below -105°C temperatures, rocky terrain and make the most of its limited…

  • Background on Ceres

    Ceres is the only known dwarf planet residing in the asteroid belt, according to IAU. Ironically named after Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, It appears to be a boring, rocky, lifeless planet, but there is more to Ceres that meets the eye. Under the dull, grey surface lies what could possibly be a larger…

  • Robotics Project

    As I don’t have much experience or aptitude with Robotics, I decided to copy a project from the Arduino workbook. I chose to do the color mixing lamp, and without any knowledge of what it even was or what it was supposed to do, I went right into building and coding it. It was only…

  • Coding Project

    For my coding project, I decided to make somewhat of a joke. I decided to code a program that allows the user to input a number, claiming to be able to read the user’s mind, when in reality, it’s just repeating the inputted number. Link to code Flowchart: 1. Asks user to input a number…

  • CAD Project

    I decided to make a model of a Pokeball from Pokemon in Onshape as my CAD project, thinking it would be a simple and easy introduction to Onshape. Needless to say, I was very wrong. It took me around 3 classes just to figure out how to make the actual shape of the Pokeball, and…