Sunday, February 28, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Criterion A: Investigation
The project we are doing is Inventions and Inventors. I got the Cell Phone, which I’m pretty happy about because I already know quite a lot about cell phones already, at least the modern ones. The cell phone started as a radio-telephone, invented by Nikola Tesla in 1892, was only used on the battle field, and was big, and heavy. Then Motorola invented the first commercial in 1983, which cost $4000, and took over $100 million to create and was the first portable cell phone called the DynaTAC 8000X. It weighed 2 pounds, earning the nickname “The Brick”.
The unit question was “How to Inventors come up with ideas and create their inventions?” Well, first I think is to have a great idea. You can brainstorm, or like many inventions, was thought of randomly. Like how the apple fell on Newton’s head and he discovered gravity. Then design the invention, drawing it out, and getting the basic idea of what it’s going to be. Then put the design into action. Start to create the design, and what I think is important, is to keep it a secret so nobody will steal your idea. Create the invention, and then make a copyright or a patent or something like that, so no one will claim to have invented it before you so you will get all the credit. For the cell phone, Nikola Tesla didn’t discover radio waves, but he invented the radio. See what I mean? Discovering is one thing, and inventing is another.
"Motorola DynaTAC 8000x." RETRO BRICK n. pag. Web. 23 Feb 2010..
"Motorola DynaTAC." Wikipedia- The Free Encyclopedia (2010): n. pag. Web. 23 Feb 2010..
The unit question was “How to Inventors come up with ideas and create their inventions?” Well, first I think is to have a great idea. You can brainstorm, or like many inventions, was thought of randomly. Like how the apple fell on Newton’s head and he discovered gravity. Then design the invention, drawing it out, and getting the basic idea of what it’s going to be. Then put the design into action. Start to create the design, and what I think is important, is to keep it a secret so nobody will steal your idea. Create the invention, and then make a copyright or a patent or something like that, so no one will claim to have invented it before you so you will get all the credit. For the cell phone, Nikola Tesla didn’t discover radio waves, but he invented the radio. See what I mean? Discovering is one thing, and inventing is another.
"Motorola DynaTAC 8000x." RETRO BRICK n. pag. Web. 23 Feb 2010.
"Motorola DynaTAC." Wikipedia- The Free Encyclopedia (2010): n. pag. Web. 23 Feb 2010.
Q & A on The Invention of Cell Phones
Questions
•Who was the first person to invent the radio-telephone?
•How big was the first commercial cell phone?
•What was the first company to produce commercial cell phones?
•How far could the commercial cell phone call to?
•How much did the first commercial cell phones cost?
•What did it look like?
•What was the first mobile phone most commonly used for?
Answers
•Nikola Tesla was the first man to invent the radio. Gugliegmo Marconi was first credited to have invented the radio, but was proven that he had copied 17 of Tesla’s patents.
•The first company was Motorola, with the DynaTAC 8000x. It weighed 2 pounds, earning the nickname “The Brick”.
•Designed by Rudy Krolopp.
•Took 10 years, and over 100 million dollars to develop.
•It received FCC clearance in 1983
•13 inch x 1.75 inch x 3.5 inch in size
•One hour of talk time and eight hours of standby time
•The original price was 4000$.
•These cell phones were most commonly used in businesses or travel or important things. The brick was expensive, so the average person couldn’t afford such a thing.
•Calling distance is the same even today. You have to have cell sites to call. Each cell phones provider has a network of bases or cell sites, to transmit the call through radio waves.
•Who was the first person to invent the radio-telephone?
•How big was the first commercial cell phone?
•What was the first company to produce commercial cell phones?
•How far could the commercial cell phone call to?
•How much did the first commercial cell phones cost?
•What did it look like?
•What was the first mobile phone most commonly used for?
Answers
•Nikola Tesla was the first man to invent the radio. Gugliegmo Marconi was first credited to have invented the radio, but was proven that he had copied 17 of Tesla’s patents.
•The first company was Motorola, with the DynaTAC 8000x. It weighed 2 pounds, earning the nickname “The Brick”.
•Designed by Rudy Krolopp.
•Took 10 years, and over 100 million dollars to develop.
•It received FCC clearance in 1983
•13 inch x 1.75 inch x 3.5 inch in size
•One hour of talk time and eight hours of standby time
•The original price was 4000$.
•These cell phones were most commonly used in businesses or travel or important things. The brick was expensive, so the average person couldn’t afford such a thing.
•Calling distance is the same even today. You have to have cell sites to call. Each cell phones provider has a network of bases or cell sites, to transmit the call through radio waves.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Our Moon Mirror Evaluation
Our invention was a Complimentary Mirror, which gives you compliments as you feel sad or down. Our design was a solar eclipse, with a concaved moon on the outside and the mirror in the middle. Light coming out of the mirror, on to the moon, showing the process of an eclipse. The concave allows it to be looked at from different angles so it gives the illusion of a real eclipse. It has a frown detector, sort of like a smile detector in cameras, but it detects frowns and sad faces so it gives you a compliment, suitable for anybody. Batteries power the device, and it has 4 speakers on the back, for a full, clear sound.
Our mirror is a complimentary mirror, which means you can put it anywhere, and it detects your unhappy, and it gives a confidence boosting compliment, which can help your overall day. Why is this useful? It can boost your ego for the whole day, if you’re going out, or staying at home. Basically its good anywhere. You can place it in your bathroom, so when you wake up in the morning, it gives you a compliment. Place it in you hallway, so when you com back from a hard day at work, it gives you a compliment, such as “Cheer up! You look stunning.” Or something of that kind.
The Design Cycle
When we investigated to see if something was like this was already invented, and the only thing I found was little kids toys, or pocket compliment toys. We wanted something full-scale, and to be taken as a real, modern product. Disney toys were not what we were trying to do. To start off with our design, we looked at some cool, modern mirrors to find our design. There were puzzle mirrors, fading mirrors, abstract mirrors, and many more very nice mirrors. We chose some of those as our starting designs, but in the end we ended up with our moon design. To plan our product, we said it had to have a cool design, so we though of the moon. The eclipse idea was Mikes, and it was a cool idea. I think our design was pretty unique. We drew it out, and we labeled it, and drew it the basic shape and details. Suddenly we decided to color it purple and the background in a wacky color. When we presented, people had a lot of questions, and we had forgot one thing. The price! We figured with the technology it has, it would be around $100. Will you buy it? =]
Our mirror is a complimentary mirror, which means you can put it anywhere, and it detects your unhappy, and it gives a confidence boosting compliment, which can help your overall day. Why is this useful? It can boost your ego for the whole day, if you’re going out, or staying at home. Basically its good anywhere. You can place it in your bathroom, so when you wake up in the morning, it gives you a compliment. Place it in you hallway, so when you com back from a hard day at work, it gives you a compliment, such as “Cheer up! You look stunning.” Or something of that kind.
The Design Cycle
When we investigated to see if something was like this was already invented, and the only thing I found was little kids toys, or pocket compliment toys. We wanted something full-scale, and to be taken as a real, modern product. Disney toys were not what we were trying to do. To start off with our design, we looked at some cool, modern mirrors to find our design. There were puzzle mirrors, fading mirrors, abstract mirrors, and many more very nice mirrors. We chose some of those as our starting designs, but in the end we ended up with our moon design. To plan our product, we said it had to have a cool design, so we though of the moon. The eclipse idea was Mikes, and it was a cool idea. I think our design was pretty unique. We drew it out, and we labeled it, and drew it the basic shape and details. Suddenly we decided to color it purple and the background in a wacky color. When we presented, people had a lot of questions, and we had forgot one thing. The price! We figured with the technology it has, it would be around $100. Will you buy it? =]
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