Making Trash Fun
Science | Technology | Engineering | Math
Problem The objective of this project was to create a fun and easy way for people to recycle their trash. The solution should not force,but make people want to recycle due to enjoyment received from the final product. Ideas Our first ideas were to create something based around popular activities or sports which we narrowed down to basketball or corn hole. We then made the decision to stay away from corn hole due to the fact that it might actually increase the likelihood that a user would not recycle their trash. We believed they would instead miss and leave recyclable goods on the ground. This meant we would be creating a way to have user play basketball which we decided we would due by attaching a hoop on to the recycling bin. This also meant integrating rules that would go along with our product. In order to develop our basketball hoop idea we first went to the "drawing board" this meant to us playing around with what kind of size we would want and seeing how it would work. We first grabbed the recycling bin to see what was in the bin, this allowed us to get a good idea for the general hoop size so that it was universal for any piece of trash. Another concern we discussed was trash not going into the bin which we chose to "attack" by creating a large backboard that would prevent the likelihood that someone overshoots. But, we did not try to tackle the problem of someone undershooting as where as we feel it would take away from the interest of using our basketball hoop trash/recycling bin extension. Integration Once we had a design in mind we went to inkscape in order to bring our idea to shape. First problems we encountered were actual use of inkscape where we found that it was terribly not friendly and took much trial and error in order to create a decent product. Due to our frustration we used a mix of inkscape and easel to create our design. After some time with the programs we kept finding certain problems we would have to tackle in order to make this a complete project. The most blatant of these was, "How are we going to attach it to the bin" which we then answered by creating a pin like design where the hoop would be inserted through the trash can and then held on by two wooden "pins". Once this was solved our final product came to fruition and we carved it using the CNC router(the designs and final product can be seen on the right * oour backboard was not yet printed out). Conclusion Looking back at this project we found it to be an interesting way of learning how to use the CNC router and only wish we had more time with it. That said the final product developed seemed to be an almost complete success.The only problem encountered was the fact that the pins to hold the hoop to the recycling bin were very difficult to fit due to their straight edges, showing slight limitations of the CNC router possibly due to software that we used or use error. With that said we found that our product definitely achieved it's intentions and just needed to be tested with a sample group in order to see if it's function was well met. ___________________________________________ OVERVIEW ___ Problem: -Create a product that will push people to want to recycle their goods Constraints: -Time -Tools -Material - Design Programs Tools: -CNC Router -Easel -Inkscape -Particle Board Ideas: - Turn recycling bin into a corn hole board -Add a backboard and hoop to recycling bin with a set of rules Final Idea: - A basketball hoop and backboard that would be inserted into a trash can or recycling bin and be held in place by two pins |