I have chosen my partner. We have brainstormed ideas and we have chosen to produce a grocery scale which will have a built in (manual) calculator which will provide the user with an accurate price. This project will be useful to students and others on a budget. Researchers at Colombus, Ohio State University have found that 7 out of 10 students, which is 70% of pupils are stressed out about finances! 6/10 students, which is 60%, are worried about eating enough money to pay for food. This will be a cheap product, costing no more than 40 Dhs ($10.8 or 8.8 pounds!) This is so more people are able to purchase it. These people may be on a budget or have low funds. Also, this product is environmentally friendly as it, especially the calculator, has a long battery life. It also saves paper if the user chooses not to purchase the weighed groceries!
references:
Amazon. 2011. amazon. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.amazon.com/travel-accessories-luggage-scales/b?ie=UTF8&node=2477391011. [Accessed 27 February 2017].
News. 2017. 70 percent of college students stressed about finances | News - The Ohio State University. [ONLINE] Available at: https://news.osu.edu/news/2015/07/01/financial-wellness/. [Accessed 06 March 2017].
Gallup, Inc.. 2017. One in Three Americans Prepare a Detailed Household Budget | Gallup . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.gallup.com/poll/162872/one-three-americans-prepare-detailed-household-budget.aspx. [Accessed 06 March 2017].
How we will make the Grocery Scale
Materials:
-Luggage scale (base)
-Electrical tape
-Small, compact sized calculator
-Paint
-A red permanent marker
-Cellotape
-Paper and printer (Software: Microsoft word)
-Heavy-duty nylon strap
Preparing the materials and workplace
Creating the partnering instructions manual that will come with the scale!
How we first anticipated the project to look:
The base (luggage scale)
The calculator:
The Nylon strap (which is the same as the one on our model!)
Facts:
-One in three people prepare a detailed household budget!
Tech fair project peer marking:
Adam and Armaan: They had a smaller scaled version of a larger burglar alarm! It is small yet compact and will fit in hidden spaces without being seen. I would personally invest in a larger version, (as described by them,) for my garden, so in case any burglars intrude, they will be scared off. The downside of this project is that there is already a more developed version of this design out on the market! It is designed in a similar way to detect intrusion. I don't think this deserves to go to the tech fair ;/
Alex and Samia:
I liked Alex and Samia's project very much indeed as it was a very creative and imaginative project. It involved lasers to detect intrusion by burglars or kidnappers! The laser would light up when it detected motion, then would sound an alarm when a burglar passed through, giving them a fright and scaring them away! The model was very small yet the presentation was interactive as I was asked to come and demonstrate a burglar passing through. The same problem as Adam and Armaan's project is that there are already alarm equipped lasers on the market, mostly seen in action movies such as Night at the museum! For me, this is not a big turn off as they spent time making and perfecting it with 3 tries! I think they should go to the tech fair!
Samim and Humzuh:
Their design was a small prototype of a solar paneled charger, which, unfortunately, is already out on the market so I don't know why it should go to the tech fair as the design doesn't even work! They could have just gone to the store and bought one and showed it in class. At least that would work!
Rebecca:
Rebecca named her project beat splash and she made art using paint and a speaker. Her experiment and project was a good idea but the only technology-related aspect of the experiment was when she used garage band to create a piece of music when she connected it to a speaker. The rest of the project was music and art, which occupied most of the project It would be nicer if there was more of a technology-related aspect. All in all, the idea was quite original and I think it deserves to go to the tech fair.
Karim and Jonas:
This pair designed a car. I liked the software they used and the one who made it should go to the tech fair. (I'm not sure about how much effort Jonas put in!) The car was a hybrid mix of electric car and gas.
I liked the poster which featured tech related drawings, but there could be more technology and hardware involved! Sadly, this project should not proceed to go into the tech fair.
Heidi:
I love Heidi's wifi signal experiment. She used different hardware in order to conduct an experiment helpful to all who use wifi! This should go to the tech fair 100%!
Ban and Lina:
Sadly, their project wasn't finsihed but they used different parts to create a robot with paper mache. I can't wait to see the finished product!
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