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Jonathan & Robert's. Built-It-Yourself. Lab Notebook. www.Build-It-Yourself.com. The Problem. There are good people and mean people in the world. The Mission. When someone comes to our door, we want to keep the mean people out and invite the nice people in. ?. www.Build-It-Yourself.com.
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Jonathan & Robert's Built-It-Yourself Lab Notebook www.Build-It-Yourself.com
The Problem There are good people and mean people in the world. The Mission When someone comes to our door, we want to keep the mean people out and invite the nice people in. ? www.Build-It-Yourself.com
How to detect friendly vs. unfriendly Initial ideas • Ask “who would you like to talk to?” If correct name, give friendly response. If incorrect name after two tries, give unfriendly response. • Make a Buda out of Legos and ask the person to rub Buda’s belly • Make a dog out of Legos and ask the person to pet the dog www.Build-It-Yourself.com
What the door greeter can do Initial ideas Friendly: • Contact the right person in the house • Dance Unfriendly: • Dog growls • Dog lifts leg and … www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Detecting friendly vs. unfriendly Final design • When the door is opened: “Greetings. Welcome to our home. I am the Hello-motron 6000. Please use the wheel to select who you would like to talk to.” • When the visitor is a friend: “<repeat name>, splendid. Just one moment while I let him/her know you are here.” <sound bell> • When the visitor is unfriendly: “I’m sorry, no one by that name is here. Please leave.” <sound alarm> www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Lessons learned… www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Presenting Ideas and Building Average Way Cool www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Problem solving tricks • Define your problem first. • Build on other’s ideas. • Work as a team. • Break the problem down and solve each piece separately. • Document your work. www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Reasons to use modular construction • Can build quickly • Can change easily • Can repair easily • Can make reliable www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Gear trains control… • Speed • Strength • Direction www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Measures of • Is it useful? • Does it use materials creatively? • Does it look way cool? www.Build-It-Yourself.com