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Prototypes. Prototypes. Why Create a Prototype? Mock-Up /Presentation Prototype Functioning Prototype Examples of EDD Prototypes. Sip and Drip. Why Create a Prototype?. If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is a prototype worth?
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Prototypes • Why Create a Prototype? • Mock-Up /Presentation Prototype • Functioning Prototype • Examples of EDD Prototypes Sip and Drip
Why Create a Prototype? • If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is a prototype worth? • Identify flaws, inefficiencies, and design alternatives • Gauge reactions from potential customers, buyers, or investors
Form, Fit, and Function Physical, functional, and performance characteristics or specifications that uniquely identify a component or device and determine its interchangeability in a system Form: The shape, size, mass, weight, and other visual parameters which uniquely characterize an item. Fit: The ability of an item to physically interface or interconnect with or become an integral part of another system. Function: The action or actions that an item is designed to perform. Fertigator What aspects of form, fit, and function are important to your design?
Mock-Up/Presentation Prototype A three-dimensional representation of your invention that offers greater visual impact than a drawing would provide. What form, fit, and function questions can be answered with a presentation prototype? Images courtesy of Dimension
Functional Prototype A model intended to finalize the operational elements of your invention before it goes into production. • Types of Functioning Prototypes • Full Scale Working Model • Scaled Working Model • Partial Model • Virtual Model What form, fit, and function questions can be answered with a functioning prototype?
Design Process Finally!
Rule of Thirds Prototype Construction
Examples of EDD Problems Garage Door Notification System Car Visor Stop Light Assist Small Bore Air Rifle Target Changer Visible Toaster Practice Pitch Return
Examples of EDD Prototypes Improved Marching Band Music Holder Utili-Tool Snow Blower Clog Remover Portable Basketball System Portion Control Calculator Forearm Workout Device
Examples of EDD Prototypes Cross Country Training Ski RFDI Tag Controlled Light Better Garbage Disposal Snowplow-Proof Mail Box
Examples of EDD Prototypes Hands Free Lighting Device (left) with Circuit and FDM (fused deposition model) (above) Boat Hull Cleaner Temperature Sensing, Self-Regulating Blinds Automatic Watering System (for indoor plants) Tubeless Non-Flattening Tire
Examples of EDD Prototypes Touch Screen Order Entry System Electrolysis Devices Dog Self-Exercising Machine
Prototypes • Why Create a Prototype? • Mock-Up/Presentation Prototype • Functioning Prototype • Examples of EDD Prototypes
Image Resources Dimension Printing – www.dimensionprinting.com Thanks to EDD teachers who shared images of student prototypes