Cardboard Chair Project:
For this project, my group (Jessica Walters, Max VonBlankenberg and I) were told to make cardboard chairs for our new STEM Solar House. Pretty simple, right? Well, there is only one set back; no nails, tape, gorilla snot, anything like that. Which, to my group and I, thought would be pretty simple even without nails, tape, or gorilla snot. Now, let me explain how wrong we were about that!
Making Our Design:
On the left is a model of our Cardboard Chair. We designed it in a way where the person not only able to sitting on the chair comfortably, but also lean back on it in a comfortable way. As shown in the model, part of the chair will shift and lock together so it will stay locked in place. We also designed the chair with a X going down under the sit so it can hold a lot of weight. We used large pieces of cardboard, but using little of it. This chair model can hold over 200 grams of weight, meaning it can hold 2 tape measurers without breaking a sweat.
Although our model was successful, we tried to create our actual chair, but it didn't quite work the way we thought it would. It kept falling apart due to it's complexity and we ran out of time before we could find the center of the problem to fix our design.
Although our model was successful, we tried to create our actual chair, but it didn't quite work the way we thought it would. It kept falling apart due to it's complexity and we ran out of time before we could find the center of the problem to fix our design.
Reflection:
As I look back on this project, my group and I didn't really work on it as much as the other projects we were doing at the time, such as . Although this project was really straight forward, we focused more on Programming, the Breadboard, and Our Band project instead. If we put more time into that project, we probably would have been more successful. Another thing I notes about the other groups Cardboard Chairs was that theirs were SO much more simpler. They used many small pieces of cardboard, making it easier to fix small problems. Us having large pieces meant if one failed, we would have to take it apart.
Over all, this project could've been more successful, but that doesn't mean my group and I didn't learn something. We learned that although complexity makes things cooler, simplicity will always rain supreme.
Over all, this project could've been more successful, but that doesn't mean my group and I didn't learn something. We learned that although complexity makes things cooler, simplicity will always rain supreme.