Stick+It

Chris Okamoto Collin Everett Brendan Begley

Stick It!
**Area of Interaction:** Human Ingenuity **Significant Concept:** The Design Cycle can help me solve problems and complete tasks. **Unit Question:** How does the Design Cycle help me stick with it?

__Design Specifications:__ Using 4 rolls of duct-tape and the Design Cycle, create a useful product that can help people in their daily lives.

**Research & Analysis:**
 * Completely explain the problem you are going to solve and its relevance to your life,-- We are trying to make a useful product that can help people in their daily lives while only using four rolls of duct tape.
 * Critically investigate the problem and evaluate information from a variety of appropriate sources. The problem that we have is we only have four rolls of duct-tape to work with. During our research from appropriate sources we evaluated that we could make duct-tape accessories that people could use in their everyday life.
 * Provide a detailed explanation of how you will test your product against the design specifications. (requirements)
 * We will test our product by putting a can in our product, seeing if it can be durable and useful enough to use it.

**Design:**
 * Create a range of possible designs, and evaluate all of them against the design specifications (requirements)- One design is just a handle that sticks to the side of the cans but it can only be used a few times. The other design is a type mug so that the can sits inside, there is a handle, and it can be used multiple times.
 * Choose the best design and evaluate it fully against the design specifications (requirements). We are going to follow out our 2nd design because it is renewable where as the handle would lose it's adhesiveness.
 * Create a plan that contains a number of detailed, logical steps that describes how you will use your resources and time.
 * 1. Make the cup holder part first: colors- top: pink middle: red bottom: black
 * Using the tape, we'll make an 2 x-shape things that will look somewhat like a ninja star. Each arm of the x-shape things will be 12.1 inches long. Then, we'll fold the arms of the tape up and start wrapping tape on the inside of the arms so that when we wrap tape around the arms the tape won't stick to the can. Then, we'll stick a soda can in the middle. After doing this, we will start wrapping tape on the outside using the different colors that we have.
 * 2. We'll roll a piece of duct tape and then wrap tape around it to make it thicker. This would be the handle and we'll attach it with tape to the inside of the holder(handle would be retro-tile color).
 * Evaluate the plan and justify any changes to your design.

Realizing the Solution:
 * Skillfully use appropriate techniques and equipment.
 * Follow your plan, justify changes in the plan, and create an appropriate product using your resources and time.

Evaluate:
 * Evaluate your product based on the design specifications, results of testing, and feedback from self and others. -Our product is very useful in people's everyday life because many people drink canned soda or canned drinks. Our product will make it more enjoyable and a fun experience to drink these liquids. Our product is very durable and is easy to use. We tested the holder if it can withstand the weight of a full can by filling it with water. One of the students in our group also drank some water from the can to make sure it works.
 * Evaluate your performance at each stage of the design cycle and suggest improvements. -  Our group did very well in the Realizing the Solution part. We used appropriate equipment and techniques to finish our product. I believe that we didn't do so well in the Design part. We should've been more specific with measurements and such. Although we didn't do so well in this section of the project, I believe that it would be easier to accomplish this section through blueprints and drawings of our product instead of describing it with sentences. It would help us imagine what our product would look like making it easier to make. The improvements we made were we added another base structure to make sure the can fit securely in our product. Also, we made our holder thicker by wrapping more tape around it. This will make it more durable.
 * Completely explain how sticking to a task impacts your life and environment. - It impacts your life because if you stick to a task, chances are you will finish it faster and your product or whatever your task is will end up better.
 * Does sticking together as a group affect your work? Why or Why not? - Yes, it affects our work because your work is better if all of your group members are on the same page. Also, you will finish your work faster.
 * If you could change one thing about this activity, what would you change? - I would definitely change the part where you have to give a description of your design in sentences and words. It's a lot easier to tell others of your design through a drawing of it such as a blueprint. Not only is it easier, but I also believe that it is faster.