Final Week - Pictures!

I understand that we are not required to do our usual blog post this week, but check this out:


Our project is all over the Design Expo publications! Here are some more pictures from Facebook:

Final WEEK - Exciting findings

The most exciting finding of the entire project was that it worked!!! During the design expo we were able to proudly display our working prototype. In addition it actually worked at one point much better than we had anticipated. We got the motor to displace a charge onto the capacitors and then on to the phone's battery for 20 seconds without adding another pull! This was a huge surprise. Previous testing had shown that the displaced charge only would last a second or two after pulling.

Another great finding was that people were extremely satisfied with the weight of the case. While they did mention they didn't really like the bulkiness, they still loved the fact that it was about the same weight as current battery cases on the market, and that the projected cost was about a quarter of the cost of the battery cases.

Final WEEK! - Challanges

Having successfully designed, prototyped, and presented out product, "Clutch".
The only challenges left is to reflect and learn from this experience, and to determine whether or not to take the next step and make actually dive into the consumer market and attempt to find investors. However, to do this, more work and testing would need to be done on our current prototype.
Nonetheless, we have been able to meet all the previous challenges set before us, and have learned a great deal along the way!

Week 12 - What's Next

We have a few things to finish up before the design expo. First, the circuit board must be soldered together with a cell phone charger properly configured. Next, we should assemble our 3D printed case shell, create the handle and string mechanism and assemble the whole thing with the spring attached. We need to finish our poster by adding some validation data and the business plan, print everything and attach it to a piece of foam core. For the design expo, we will need to plan our demonstration and business pitch. It seems that everything is now coming together, but we need to put together a few more things in order to be sure that it runs smoothly.