Note: Our team has compressed our images and videos, but the media upload quota is still full, so this report does not have photos that we would have liked to attach.
This week, our group finished out MVP prototype manufacture for the SNIFF Visor. We put together the different parts for the Sensor cavity, the main cavity, and the battery cavity, and also ironed out the mounting method. I also built the box for the SNIFF Station.
In addition to this, I printed out a version of our SNIFF Visor out of CF-PLA with dissolvable supports. I let soaked it in water to dissolve the supports and then let the pieces drain overnight.
We got a lot of testing done this week. I was figuratively on call during the water testing, texting John while he tested our prototype for the weather resistance requirement. We also tested the mounting of the prototype onto the bike basket, and it was very secure, did not cover the bike lights or obstruct the usage of the basket, and allowed for smooth riding and docking of the bike.
Next week, I plan to create a frame for mounting the battery and conduct full system testing with the team.
Throughout this project, I learned a lot from the IDeATe faculty and staff. I brushed up my CADing with Jayla Patton and got a lot of meaningful advice and resources from Cody Soska and the IDeATe team. I also learned a lot from our meetings with Sofiya Filippova, who we reached out to because she and her team worked on a similar project at BU, and Michael Taylor, who gave us a lot of advice on low cost air quality monitoring sensors and using them. In addition to this, I learned a lot through rapid and iterative prototyping, making changes and refining the models with every iteration, especially with feedback from my teammates about what needed to be changed to accomodate their tasks.
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