Week 2 Prep

Week 2 Lab Preparation

Objective: Discuss potential project problems, goals, and possible solutions

Author: Beverly Tomita

Date: April 7, 2014, 5:30pm

Location: Hagerty Library - basement

Potential project problems/ goals and possible solutions numbered (if any):

IDEA 1

Problem: We drop hair, lots of it. And it’s gross

Goal: Recycle it or do something useful

1)      Hair de-pollution blob

2)      Insulator (traps heat)

3)      Wings (feather keratin)

4)      Amor (reptile scale keratin)

IDEA 2

Problem: Aging (due to pollution, etc)

Goal: Detox and maintain youthful health

1) Sleep in a pomegranate, waterbed-type

2) Lotion

IDEA 3

Problem: Recycle bins that actually work

Goal: Help people recycle right

IDEA 4

Problem: Humans can’t climb well

Goal: Gecko climbers!

% already being researched… so maybe not

IDEA 5

Problem: Drunk Driving

Goal: Stop/ decrease drunk driving

1) Check BAL before start car ***

2)      Unlock wheels by blowing on them (BAL)

3)      Force driver to be not drunk somehow…

IDEA 6

Problem: In case of black out, wired charging is inconvenient

Goal: Wireless charging for medical devices

% maybe not feasible in 10 weeks

For next lab Thursday:

• Ask professor and/ or TAs about our two top ideas
• Clarify feasibility of each
• Decide on which problem to use and make decision matrix on specific project for this course