Month: December 2014

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Solar Cooker Update – Design Proposal Presentation

Aimée Francis

We’ve had our presentation of our design proposals and my team feel they went really well. The feedback from the audience & lecturers during the questions were quite positive. The main feature we’re going to change are the frame of the cooker, making it have 4 points of contact instead of 6 on the ground & include a spirit level indicator to ensure the legs are at the correct level when set up. Here’s some screen shots showing the main points of the proposal: We managed to create a business model & parts/production estimates for different batches of production. Something … Continue reading Solar Cooker Update – Design Proposal Presentation

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Lichtjesavond 2014 – Delft

Aimée Francis

Lichtjesavond, or lights evening (Licht=Light & avond=evening) is a night where there is a light show, projected onto the Stadhuis (city hall) and the whole of the centre is buzzing with life, market stalls, lights everywhere, mulled wine etc. It was a wonderful event, especially in the light show there were a lot of visual tricks (3D). It was beautiful to see the ‘city’ lit up everywhere. Continue reading Lichtjesavond 2014 – Delft

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Lego Modelling – Rob van der Burgh

Aimée Francis

Firstly, I’d like to dedicate this post to my team mate Rob. This is something I’ve not seen done before and I think everyone was really amazed with how it actually worked & moved. Definitely something I need to do in future (great excuse to buy Lego!) To be honest, I think these photos speak for themselves.   How the mirror swings and changes angle       How the heat pipe in the center stays constant as the product is folded It means you can show the mechanisms, how it is set up & folded up quickly and easily … Continue reading Lego Modelling – Rob van der Burgh