Final Project

During Week 1 and Week 2, I thought about my final project idea and started getting used to the documentation process. I will update this page as the idea transforms.

Communication of an initial project proposal

Introduction:

The initial project proposal has the intent of communicating the ultimate Final Project that I will be able to make after completing the 20 weeks of learning leading up to its completion. After discovering the Fab Academy, the prospect of being able make (almost) anything enables me to think of many ideas I have only dreamed of making before this time.

The projects that I complete as I work toward the Final Project will allow me to explore the possibilities, as well as refine the vision of the Final Project.

Scenario:

The greatest attraction that guided me to the Fab Academy was the desire to build a wooden sailboat; something that has been too lofty for my skill set. While this may be too ambitious for the timeframe allotted, a cardboard boat may be a more doable project.

Although a carboard boat would be feasible, it only produces the first 3 outcomes, without producing the fourth: “Demonstrate competence in design, fabrication and programming of my own fabbed microcontroller PCB, including an input & output device”. To produce the fourth outcome, I propose making a wearable information and navigation device; one that would keep a sailor informed while underway.

While most of the parts will be obtained from existing resources, new and reused, the goal to design and fabricate my own parts instead of buying off-the-shelf components will be accomplished in the wearable information device.

As this work progresses, the projects of each week will be explored while the results will be incorporated into this project; the refinement of the results will insure the development of the carboard boat and wearable device as well as the following deliverables:

  • Slide: 1920 x 1080 pixels with your name, project name, Fab Lab name, a photo/render/sketch of your project, a brief description of what your project is/does
  • ~1 minute (10MB/1080p/720p) video of you explaining your project
  • Separate Final Project page that briefly summarizes your project and
  • BOM (Bill of Materials) for your project
  • Links of page to any weeks that I worked on my final project
  • Links to my presentation.png and presentation.mp4
  • All original design files in the archive (2D & 3D, board files & code) No external hosting of final project files
  • The license I chose
  • Acknowledgement of work done by others

Deliverable:

  • Post the Initial Project Proposal on my Fab Academy site

  • I always wanted to be able to make a cardboard surfboard. Thanks, Mike Sheldrake! Cardboard Surfboards I will use this as a prototype for my final project. I’ll cut a 5‘10” Fish when I get back to the GOCAT Fab Lab.

  • This is a prototype of a cardboard kayak

  • This is my prototype of the distress signal board

  • This is my prototype of the temperature detection and readout

  • This is my cardboard supply for the final project