Tag: engineering
As a city biker I always was cautious and nervous of what was behind me on the streets and after initially thinking about bike safety I joined i2 and an idea came to me. So I researched online and found that most bicycle accidents and collision occur from the rear and that bike accidents have […]
The goal of our project is to allow us to charge a portable device while walking or running. Our piezoelectric shoes use the kinetic energy that you produce when you walk or run and turn it into electrical energy through the piezoelectric crystals in the base of the shoe. By using 14 crystals connected in […]
Last year, I began construction of a project called the raspberry pi sand table. It is a project that creates designs in sand through the use of robotics (for more information on how it works, check out last years project page). Unfortunately, I was unable to complete the project due to shipping delays as a […]
Taking volleyball statistics is hard. First and foremost, what are volleyball statistics? Well, many different statistics in volleyball are tracked, such as aces, service errors, kills, hitting errors, the pass rating, and many more. After a season of taking stats for the girl’s varsity team here at SHC, I realized that keeping track of all […]
For the 2021-2022 school year, my i2 project is called the Deflection Matrix, a lightweight, portable set of devices that can be planted into grass fields and used for goalkeeping practices to train reaction time and hand-eye coordination. With my father being a goalkeeper coach, I always see him trying to find ways to create […]
With my previous experience with Raspberry Pi, I would like to continue to explore the capability of the single-board machine to understand the concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) and apply the technology to the medical field. Due to the pandemic, our health system is under lots of stress. Health professionals were unable to […]
What is a cloud chamber? What does it do? It is a very simple, intriguing concept that can be interpreted in multiple ways. However, their principle is the same: There is an enclosed container with a type of alcohol. In my case, I am using 99% isopropyl alcohol. At the bottom of the container there […]
As the time keeps moving forward we see the inevitable moving closer and closer. Everyday the damage that we have done to the Earth has gotten worse and worse. The main contributor to our climate crisis is the use of fossil fuels and the carbon that they emit. Wind energy is a wonderful way to […]
Fun to make and even more fun to use, a reflector telescope is the perfect device for viewing the night sky. The first reflecting telescope, the Newtonian Telescope, was built in 1668 as an alternative to the refracting telescope. Isaac Newton, the inventor, used a large concave mirror to focus light onto a small, flat […]
For my project in 2020-2021, I motorized a large kayak. I decided on this project because I love to build, design, and to apply my skills in the real world. I was motivated to make this kayak electric after seeing the effects of gas on the Russian River, where my family has a house. I […]
