Tip #1 Laser Cutting Snap-Fit Boxes



Using Corel and the laser cutter makes crafting precise snap fit joints for assembling boxes more simpler than doing the carpentry by hand. However, working in the digital medium can make constraints less obvious and it’s easy to make some simple geometry or math mistakes. We didn’t realize some of these until we cut out our box on cardboard.…

This week we decided to converge on creating a system for graphical interpretation and diagramming. We thought the task might be having kids explain their data interpretation process by capturing "snapshots" of their process along the way. We starting building our functional prototype which included a 1) mounted projector for overlaying images onto the paper and 2) Wiimote for pen tracking, 3) we also created an prototype infrared pen/physical pen by taping a fine point marker to a wood…