I took apart a random broken gadget that I got from Andrea or maybe Betsy.  It had a switch, an LED, a mic, along with resistors and other components.  I was a bit lost about what to do, until Claire suggested using the mic as a sound sensor.  I took apart an existing sound sensor to figure out how that worked, then stuck my mic in there.  And it worked!  Kind of.

Before disassembling.…

Robert’s Rockin’ Rocket

Betsy and Renee Try Out Rocket

Pictures of Design

Robert’s Drawing of Rocket…

I had some trouble thinking about what object I wanted to change.  After awhile, I finally decided I wanted to make something for kids.  These are my friend's kids that I babysit.  They're playing Wii with my husband.

The first time I babysat them a few years ago, the little one was just finishing up…

Brainstorming and Inspiration

I started out wanting to do a project inspired by Gehry, but I couldn't figure out a design that I was happy with.  I shifted to my next favorite artist, Van Gogh.  I decided I would make a "planter" with "sunflowers" inside it, which would really be a pencil holder for my desk, filled with pens decorated as flowers.  The sunflowers would have 12 petals so that the clock hands could correspond to them.  I wanted to use only the clock…