learning from experience
Previous Next This maker journey was exciting, time consuming, sometimes frustrating, and very rewarding. My project began inspired by pinned insects that my little sister
https://youtu.be/f3e3DYyaMA4 With this project, I really wanted to hone my knitting skills and challenge myself. I had only ever knitted a few bad scarves and
For the maker space final project, I knew sort of what I wanted to do. Earlier in the semester I had made a theremin like
Makerspace: The Final (Project) Frontier Ian Howe 12/20/19 Question 1: Show us what you made for your final project. Include at least two in-process photos
Hello everyone, For my final project, I decided I wanted to make a spider robot that would walk using four legs. I wanted to incorporate
Solar Powered Website What? First, I bought a cheap solar panel, a battery, and a solar controller to connect the two and provide an output.
This assignment was somewhat ambitious. Not as ambitious as the sewing project, but very similar. My biggest challenge was I could not get the 3-D
The process of working with Arduino and motors began with our in-class activity, in which we needed to make use of a motor in some
Question 1: For this project, I decided to push myself outside of my comfort zone and dive into a project I had seen created on
For my final project I chose to create a set of knife whetstones and a wooden base to hold and store them. Having no prior
Question 1: My final project was to make a smart garage door controller so I could check if I had remembered to close the garage
Question 1 I made a cat(pet) house for my final project. First, I made a comfortable bed that goes inside the house with a blanket
For my final project, I knew I wanted to use the laser cutter extensively, as the laser cutter project was my favorite assignment in class.
For my final project, I decided to make a stained glass lamp. This is something completely new to me so I had no idea what
Final Project For my final project, I decided to design a stylized room in 3D using a program called Blender. Then, I recreated the room
For my final project, I made a real life Minecraft Redstone simulator. It includes lamps, redstone torches, and various redstone path blocks. When placed in
Video Challenges I faced – I wish that I found more of this blue acrylic. I looked in several stores to find blue translucent, but
Question 1. Show us what you made for your final project. Include at least two in-process photos and two final photos (or videos!) of your final
This week’s assignment was to to either build upon a previous week’s project or to start it over from scratch. Because we’re soon starting the
My iteration project was built as a stepping-stone from my newly-acquired Arduino skills to my final project. To do so, I built a box with
For my iteration assignment I decided to revisit the arduino Input/Output project. Previously I had used a current sensor to measure the current through an
Ideation: For this week, I wanted to improve my sewing skills because while I had a lot of fun during sewing week, I saw my
Intro: The goal of this project was to extend my nametag project from the beginning of the semester. That project was a simple press-fit box
For this iteration project, I wanted to redo my papercut lightbox from Assignment 3: Paper Circuits. The first project can be found here: The final
Iteration Project – Justin Franklin In the makerspace class this week we were directed to go back and redo a project in a new way,
For this assignment, I was inspired by Emilie’s idea that she was going to make a lit-up acrylic sign in layers using neo-pixels and a
For my iteration project, I decided to redo the first assignment, using the laser cutter to make a name tag. My original name tag was
For the iteration project, I decided to iterate upon the sculpture I made on the 3d printing session. Some difficulties I had with the 3d
Iterating on the first Arduino project. The project was something that could definitely work well in theory, but ran into a lot of issues and
For my Iteration project I decided to iterate on the game I made with the LCD. I wanted to use a screen that offered more
I decided to re-do the textile assignment for my iteration project. I made the plush owl for the first sewing project. However, I did not
Planning I decided to iterate my pombot from last week. I had made a skiing robot that pushed itself along on fork ski poles: My
I created a pouch for my iPad and other belongings for the iteration assignment. For the previous sewing/textile assignment, I made a tiny box pouch.
Designing/Thought Process I knew I wanted to work on my laser nametag project because it was the project I had the most fun with and
For my iteration assignment, I decided to combine my name tag with lights to create a light box. My original name tag had a leaf
For the in-class project I used one servo motor to create a simple flower in a pot. I cut a hole through the back of
The first bot I made with an arduous servo motor is a fish with a motor attached to the back. The thought process for this
This week in the maker 490 class, we continued our use of arduinos and created a little mini robot called a pom pom bot. I
For the in-class assignment, I thought a hatchet + log would be a cute and simple thing to create. Using some cardstock and gray/black sharpies,
This week we learned how to program Arduinos and use them to operate inputs and outputs further than the previous week. In class, I created
Normally my experience with Arduino robots is using 360o Servo Motors, so I was more used to wheels and liked the functionality of pivot turns
This week in class, we learned to make a simple bot using a servo motor. This was relatively simple since we already had a code
Started drawing in classPlanned diagram after class I am not a computer science major and this is pretty much Greek. I knew that I wanted
For this week’s project we had to create a locomotive robot out of common craft materials, servo motors, and an Arduino. My source of inspiration
In-class: one motor bot I created a cat bot with a wagging tail with a servo motor for the in-class project. I used a cardboard
This week I decided to make a penguin pom bot. I used a plastic cup, felt, eyes, and pom-poms to create my penguin. At first
I was a bit nervous to make a whole textile project for this week since the last time I touched a sewing machine was in
Hello everyone, for my project this week I wanted to try and make a four legged pompom bot using only two servos. Many robot designs
For my Arduino Introduction project, I decided to create an alarm that will tell me when to turn on the heater in my house. My
In class, we used one servo to create movement to our Arduino bots. I wanted to make a cute teddy bear whose stomach rumbled. I