Week01 : Plan and sketch a potential final project


Beach Plastic Bottle UpCycle

■Background

Our lab is located in a famous area as the beach.We can enjoy the beach life but there are a lot of garbage on the beach.
The total weight of plastic garbage discarded in the sea is expected to exceed the total weight of fish inhabiting the sea by 2050.
I would like to address this problem in Fab Academy !

■Idea

I'd like to transforme the plastic bottle (garbage) on the beach to something that having a function or value. In thinking about final project, what I really want to make is like the figure fllows (Beach Up-Cycle Maker).

The function of the Beach Up-Cycle Maker is devided as fllows.
  • Function-1:Shatter the plastic(like a pellet)
  • Function-2:Melting the pellet
  • Function-3:Shaping the something
The figure below is a modulality idea.
I want to develop all or part of these funtions.

Rough Schedule

Jan 17: principles and practicesinvestigate
How to realize this idea
what kind of parts are required
Jan 24: project management
Jan 31: computer-aided design
Feb 07: computer-controlled cutting
Feb 14: electronics production
Feb 21: 3D scanning and printing
Feb 28: electronics design
Mar 07: computer-controlled machiningexperimetation(possibility of realization)
prototyping(circuit board & frame)
Mar 14: embedded programming
Mar 21: mechanical design
Mar 28: machine design
Apr 11: output devices
Apr 18: molding and casting
Apr 25: input devices
May 02: wildcard weekStepwise development
May 09: networking and communications
May 16: interface and application programming
May 23: applications and implications
May 30: invention, intellectual property, and income
Jun 11: project development
Jun 13: project presentations
Jun 15: project presentations
Jun 18: project presentations
Jun 20: project presentations