Yesterday, we presented and finished our second design challenge. The challenge was about building a piece of furniture out of recyclable materials, and for a bonus we would integrate Arduino. Our chair had a design consisting of three hexagons attached together. They were made up of six triangles, and three of those were filled with newspaper. We then covered the whole thing in a cardboard sheath and painted it gold. Our arduino powered a servo attached to a cupholder. When all added together it made a cupholder that slid out by turning a knob. More pictures in the gallery!
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About a week back, we heard from a man named Paul Davis about internet safety, and the illusion of privacy on the web. I learned about how everything we do is catalogued, and how our phones track every movement we make. Creepy. In any case, I found it to be a bit uninteresting, but informative nonetheless.
On Wednesday September thirteenth, the four academies at WHC (Music, Fine Arts, Visual Arts and Mechatronics) went to the Rockyview Education centre for the day. We took some pictures, listened to a speaker (Veronica Funk, a local artist) and played a few games. I thought it would've been a bit better with a few less games, but it was interesting nonetheless.
I'm Ramon, and welcome to my first blog post! This is the first of many documenting my experience in the Grade 10 Mechatronics academy. In this post I'd like to talk about my first challenge, and some of the trials I faced while completing it.
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AuthorRamon Rojas, Eleventh Grader Archives
September 2018
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