The Mechatronics Academy
I did a lot in my grade 10 year and only took photos and documented a phew things but important non the less! I would love thank Mr. Everritt and my amazing friends for giving me the opportunity's to make the amazing projects and learn so much during my grade 10 year! What you will see below this text is all the projects I documented over my grade 10 year at the Mechatronics Academy.
The EDC's
Through the start of the year I worked on engineering design challenges (EDC's for short) with one of the examples being the spaghetti bridge I built with my team. and the furniture with an electric twist. The spaghetti bridge was built with elastic bands, spaghetti (obviously) and a ton of tape. My chair with an electric twist was built with VEX parts like a VEX brain and motors but also included materials like cardboard, colored wires, tape, red fabric, LED lights, Arduino and some resistors.
JSFiddle
Building things like chairs wern't the only thing done in the academy; we also learned some HTML, CSS and JavaScript in the website JSFiddle! I was able to make a cool screensaver that emits bubbles as well as a robot that you can interact with by clicking certain parts of his body!
Building a Smart house!
Towards the end of the year I got together with my team and built a model house with the goal of adding security systems to it. We used wire, cameras, wood, tape, raspberry pie's, VEX brains, fans, elastic bands, resistors, a lot of glue, a flat white mesh, drilled holes with a drill and added an alarm system that blared a siren if triggered.
Passion Project
At the end of the year and as a final project we were tasked with making whatever we wanted using the knowledge we gained throughout the year! My goal was to make a video game from the ground up called the O-Virus. A simple FPS (first person shooter) that was made using the programs "Blender" (3D modeling, textures and animation) and Unity (Where the game was played and put together). Though the project was never completed a working demo was produced and even had its own custom audio thanks to the music academy collaborating with me.
Fun Facts - EDC's
- The chair that was built with my team was given to me to take care of and as of this writing is still in good care!
- Only the Spaghetti bridge my team and the other team we helped out made a successful bridge that withstood the challenge!
- The chair could support around 300 pounds before starting to bend (talk about sturdy)
- Only the Spaghetti bridge my team and the other team we helped out made a successful bridge that withstood the challenge!
- The chair could support around 300 pounds before starting to bend (talk about sturdy)
Fun Facts - JSFiddle
- I was the only person in the class who could fully understand the bubble project and manipulate it freely!
- The robot's eyebrow was originally intended to be his mouth which is why when you click it it turns back into his mouth!
- I originally had a working version of the robot on my website but due to technical issues I had to remove it (oh no!)
- The bubbles you saw actually change color over time in the original project! (even change shape too!)
- The robot's eyebrow was originally intended to be his mouth which is why when you click it it turns back into his mouth!
- I originally had a working version of the robot on my website but due to technical issues I had to remove it (oh no!)
- The bubbles you saw actually change color over time in the original project! (even change shape too!)
Fun Facts - Smart House
- The total cost of the smart house equated over 100$!
- It had a facial recognition system using the camera located at the front and could tell who the owner was!
- All the windows were laced with a thin metal wire that could trigger the alarm if touched!
- There was a key code that turned on and off the security systems!
- We were originally going to add google home to the house but due to time constraints we couldn't (oh no!)
- The smart house took over a month to build!
- It had a facial recognition system using the camera located at the front and could tell who the owner was!
- All the windows were laced with a thin metal wire that could trigger the alarm if touched!
- There was a key code that turned on and off the security systems!
- We were originally going to add google home to the house but due to time constraints we couldn't (oh no!)
- The smart house took over a month to build!
Fun Facts - Passion Project
- The game was originally based of halo!
- The O in "O-Virus" stands for Osiris which was the person who spearheaded the development of the virus before it broke containment!
- The Havoc brand in the game is associated with building heavy duty objects for the company "BlackMace Tech".
- There was an early version of this project made over 2 years ago on a site called scratch where the game was actually 2D!
- The game was going to take place during the year 2016.
- The W.H. Croxford music academy provided all the audio to the game!
- The game is still being developed to this day with an overhaul to the graphics and new storyline!
- The O in "O-Virus" stands for Osiris which was the person who spearheaded the development of the virus before it broke containment!
- The Havoc brand in the game is associated with building heavy duty objects for the company "BlackMace Tech".
- There was an early version of this project made over 2 years ago on a site called scratch where the game was actually 2D!
- The game was going to take place during the year 2016.
- The W.H. Croxford music academy provided all the audio to the game!
- The game is still being developed to this day with an overhaul to the graphics and new storyline!