Applications and implications
Task:
plan and document a final project that integrates the range of units covered:
- what will it do?
- who's done what beforehand?
- what materials and components will be required?
- where will they come from?
- how much will it cost?
- what parts and systems will be made?
- what processes will be used?
- what tasks need to be completed?
- what questions need to be answered?
- what is the schedule?
- how will it be evaluated?
What will it do?
The happiness lamp will facilitate a person in finding their happiness. It will remind the user about their needs that they might sometimes forget.
Product description on the box:
One thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy. However, sometimes we need a stoplight and figure out what makes us happy. The happiness lamp will help you slow down and step back in this fast paced life. It helps you notice your personal needs, and above all, it is a reminder of what makes you truly happy. Start building your personal lamp to support happiness.
Who's done what beforehand?
Design for happiness is a quite new subject you do have some examples of projects that try to stimulate happiness such as:
- TinyTask
- Community well-being
- A gratitude ritual
Most products have a negative influence on someones happiness. For example someone with a nice phone that doesn’t work exactly as he wants will only have a negative influence. When the phone works exactly as the person wants it does not make a difference to his or her happiness level. The happiness lamp should help you appreciate what you have in the world.
What materials and components will be required?
- Acrylic
- 4mm round wood
- Machinable wax
- Vytaflex 40
- 4mm triplex
- Electronics
- RGB LED
- 2x ATTiny 44
- AA Battery
- AA Battery holder
- 2x nRF24L01+
- Resistors
- 2x 3.3v generator
- 6v battery
- 6v battery holder
Where will they come from?
- Acrylic
- 4mm round steel or wood (http://www.houthandelschmidt.nl)
- Machinable wax
- Vytaflex 40 (http://formx.nl)
- 4mm triplex (http://www.houthandelschmidt.nl)
- Electronics (http://www.farnell.com)
How much will it cost?
- Acrylic (http://www.ispaplastics.nl €..)
- 4mm round steel or wood (http://www.houthandelschmidt.nl €1,- per round wood)
- Machinable wax (http://www.machinablewax.com $21.00per block)
- Vytaflex 40 (http://formx.nl 1kg €20,80)
- 4mm triplex (http://www.houthandelschmidt.nl €18,- 240mm x 122mm x4mm)
- Electronics (http://www.farnell.com)
Maybe I will use wood for casing instead molding and casting. This because the molding and casting materials are more expensive and I also like the thought of working with wood leftovers. I want to try working with as much rest material as possible.
Bill of materials:
- Acrylic 950mm x 440mm x 4mm €22,-
- 4mm round steel or wood (http://www.houthandelschmidt.nl €1,- per round wood)
- Machinable wax (http://www.machinablewax.com $21.00per block)
- Vytaflex 40 (http://formx.nl 1kg €20,80)
- 4mm triplex (http://www.houthandelschmidt.nl €18,- 240mm x 122mm x4mm)
- PLEXIGLAS® LED, block, White WM51 GT 385 x 360 mm €71,40 (but I used a sample)
- Electronics (http://www.farnell.com)
- 2x ATTINY84 MCU, 8BIT, ATTINY, 20MHZ, SOIC-14 €7,68,-
- 2x RES 10.0 OHM 1-4W 1% 1206 SMD €0,16
- 5x CAP CER 0.1UF 250V 10% X7R 1206 €1,35
- 2x 3.3v Regulator €1,56
- 2x NRF24L01+ 2.4GHz Antenna Wireless Transceiver $3.41
- 1x Battery holder €0,57
- 1x 2X03SMD€0,89
- 1x RGB LED €0,48
- 1x Double sided FR1 $0.64
- 1x FTDI Cable €17,95
Maybe I will use wood for casing instead molding and casting. This because the molding and casting materials are more expensive and I also like the thought of working with wood leftovers. I want to try working with as much rest material as possible.
What parts and systems will be made?
- Packaging
- Circuit boards
- Lamp construction-kit parts
- Interface to set the lamps colours
What processes will be used?
- Laser cutting
- Electronics design
- Electronics production
- Embedded programming
- Networking
- Molding and casting
- Interface and application programming
- 2D design
what tasks need to be completed?
- Design the transmitter circuit board
- Produce the electronics
- Create a casing for the electronics
- Finish the programming
- Create more construction kit parts
what questions need to be answered?
- Think about how it will be brought to the users
- Create instructions (Maybe a video)
What is the schedule?
- 19 may - Create a casing for the electronics
- 20 may - Design transmitter circuit board
- 21 may - No time, maybe Design transmitter circuit board at night
- 22 may - No time, maybe Design transmitter circuit board at night
- 23 may - Create a casing for the electronics
- 24 may - Create a casing for the electronics
- 25 may - Finish the programming
- 26 may - Finish the programming
- 27 may - Create a casing for the electronics
- 28 may - Finish the interface
- 29 may - Detail finishing for all the objects
- 30 may - Detail finishing for all the objects
- 31 may - Detail finishing for all the objects
- 01 june - Detail finishing for all the objects
- 02 june - Write an explanation about the whole project
- 03 june - Create more construction kit parts
- 04 june - Create more construction kit parts
how will it be evaluated?
If it makes people more aware what makes them happy and that they will react on this. Having as result a happier life.