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Documentation and Thoughts

Project A: Squeegee for Horse that dries the horse and also colors it permanently.

I started with the idea of a traditional squeegee with channels in it to squirt paint to paint the horse. This got my head going in the fact that it provided a foundation for me to add functionalities and make it fit better in the context of a horse.

Using this train of thought, I figured that traditional squeegees wouldn’t work – they are designed for flat surfaces. So my next iteration sketch was a curved squeegee, one that would hopefully conform to a horse’s torso.

Then, I thought it was a good idea to actually sketch a horse so I could become more accustomed to the form I was dealing with. This allowed me to see what functions were necessary for the final product.

After sketching a horse, I realized that having a squeegee shaped for the horse’s torso wasn’t enough – horses have lots of different body parts of different shapes. My initial designs were a failure in the sense that they would not effectively cover an entire horse in color.

This led me to design an adjustable squeegee – one that had hinges that a user could adjust to conform to a horse’s body. These separated components work together to create a flexible, adaptable product that can truly cover and paint a horse.

Project B: Lightsaber toothpick pen

I started with the general form of a click pen. I wanted this design to be super unassuming, so that the user could keep the lightsaber/toothpick in their pocket when not in use. Then I thought about how a user can interface with a click pen: they can A) Click the pen, or B) Pull on the clicker section of this pen.

These two possible interactions fit perfectly with the two functions I wanted to incorporate:

Clicking the pen activates the lightsaber, and pulling the pen clicker button reveals a hidden toothpick.

I iterated this design several times to try out ideas that might work better, but ended up ultimately liking my initial idea.

Project C: Chainsaw for Bamboo for Panda for World Domination

This seaction was particularly interesting.

Brainstorming the situation, I came up with three conclusions:

1) Pandas do not have opposable thumbs, and thus cannot hold a chainsaw.

2) Pandas are too lazy to collect bamboo. They usually find bamboo and eat it on the spot.

3) Giving a panda a chainsaw is dangerous. Pandas are already endangered – let’s not encourage their ultimate demise as a species.

Conclusion: We must design a robot with artificial intelligence to collect the bamboo for the panda.

I came up with several iterations of this chainsaw robot – all models essentially had wheels, a chainsaw, and a mechanical arm to grab the bamboo.

However, how would this design take over the world?

This is where the plot twist comes in:

1) The robot’s AI is programmed to optimize the harvest of bamboo

2) The robot logically reasons that the best way to optimize bamboo harvest is to make every country in the planet subservient to the panda’s bamboo whims.

3) The AI hacks into the mainframe of every governmental institution, paralyzing networks and infrastructures everywhere until the countries start giving bamboo as tributes to the panda

4) The panda and its AI dominate the world and turn it into a bamboo-harvesting paradise.