Week 5 Summary

Researching other products to see how and what we can use and how to be different than the competitors. The cad drawings and research are coming together and a deliverable should be in soon. We are trying to make the case be able to rotate in any direction on the stand and so that the stand can be able to sit on any surface by making the legs with ball joints and easily be able to move.

In class week 4

Starting to design on cad software the case for the phone that will be needed. The group is thinking of what needs to be made and what can be used to make the project better. There are parts that could be bought and ones that need to be fabricated and that will be decided today.

Goals for this week

The group wishes to accomplish finding out what angle to make the curved surface for the best sound and to start designing how the whole project will look as a whole. The team wishes to use inventor to design and then 3D print some of the product.

This weeks agenda

This week the group is trying to find out which way sound bounces off of surfaces to make the best quality sound that is also loud. Through researching we have found that off of a flat surface the sound would just bounce right back with a loss of energy. A jagged surface is good in a theater or a music room because sound bounces off and goes all round. A curved surface however is what the group would be deciding to do because off of a curved surface sound will bounce back at a more precise point.

Design Ideas

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Hey guys check out these sketches for our design project, next I think we should get some measurements on it to start to be able to re create this on Inventor.

First Week Blog Post

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The group is working on their design proposal, they plan to sketch it out and try to figure out a plan as to how they want to proceed. Drawing will include the key functions they had ideas about, such as the phone having amplified sound. Making it be able to sit on any surface and be turned to any angle is a big goal for the group. Keeping the ability to charge is something that group is trying to incorporate.