Author: mallawigan27
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Final Project Report
Project Goals I originally set to solve something in the medical field because I’ve always wanted to use my knowledge to help others in need. After brainstorming and conjuring up several possible ideas, I ended up scrapping them all due to a multitude of reasons. The most common of them being the complexity and difficulty…
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Year-End Trip Debrief
Hello everyone! For context, me and my classmates headed to Victoria, B.C. to display our personal projects at the Science Venture fair. Our trip was a week long and we did tons of different activities during then. Personally, my highlight was when we got to check out the fluid dynamics lab (except for the fact…
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Personal Project Update
Problem Definition Statement: Hospitals need a more cost-effective, environmentally friendly, sound-proof, and easy-to-use pill crusher that suits the needs of both hospital staff and patients. Hello, welcome back! As you know, I’m currently working on an automatic pill crusher (as outlined in my statement above), and here is what I have in store so far:…
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Personal Project Pitch
Hello, my name is Matthew, and we at Maverick Technologies are in the process of developing our automatic pill crusher, designed for commercial use in hospitals. Now, you may be asking, why make an automatic pill crusher? Or why make a pill crusher at all? Well, the thing is, some patients in hospitals are unable…
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Making Good Life Choices
Welcome back! On today’s blog, I will be reflecting on the entirety of my Planet Exploration project which I conducted in conjunction with my group, Josh T. and Tim D. Problem/Definition Statement A team of astronauts need a form of transportation that is able to efficiently cover a minimum round trip distance of 5km from…
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Blog 6: Planet Exploration – Phase 3 | Test & Evaluate
For my final blog post on my groups’ Planet Exploration project, I will be showing how our vehicle fared against our DIY test environment that we have created. Abstract: Just as a refresher, here was our original definition statement: Our test(s) were originally designed to test both the maximum incline our vehicle could handle, along…
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Blog 5: Planet Exploration – Phase 2 | Prototype Design
Welcome back! Now that I’ve talked about our project, I have come back to provide an optimal prototype to solve this dilemma. Just to recap, here is our definition statement and our intention statement, and a statement about how we will test for said intention: Definition Statement: A team of astronauts need a form of…
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Blog 4: Planet Exploration – Phase 1 | Define & Research
Mission: My friends and I are tasked to find an optimal planet/asteroid/moon to be our new home, research about it’s environment, and design a vehicle to be used on said destination that can travel back and forth 5km. This post will be focused on defining our problem and researching the background of our destination. Our…
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Blog 3: Onshape – Toy Car
Welcome to my third blog post! Car Body For my third project I created a set of wheels and designed their attachments to a toy car I created based off of a Tesla Cybertruck. I made parts such as the wheels, wheel axle, wheel holders, screws, and poles that connect the axle to the car…
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Blog 2: Arduino – DC Motors
Welcome to my second blog! For my second project of the year, I have a version of Project 9 from the Arduino Uno Starter Kit. I originally had way bigger hopes for this, combining it with my third blog (upcoming) to somehow create a remote-controlled car. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, I wasn’t able to…