Friday, December 17, 2010
Meeting with the Juniors
Monday, December 13, 2010
ICCI Software Progress 12/13
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Adjustable Mist
Monday, December 6, 2010
TogaTilt
The New Logo |
Friday, December 3, 2010
November Skype Meeting
Monday, November 29, 2010
Let There be Mist...
Monday, November 22, 2010
Interface Device Progress
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Software Modification
Team ICCI- Projector Mount
After taking all of these factors into account, we have decided to order two six foot steel bars that will run across the top of the tent providing support for the projector. We are working on finding a mount to attach the projector to these bars securely.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Current Progress
Currently, Team ICCI is working on three different interfaces for their system. Isaac is creating a mouse that functions by clicking, Joe is designing a mouse that performs only mousing, and Sean is developing a mouse that can do both. Sean is also modifying the existing software we are using so that it works with a multi-point device rather than a single-point device.
Team Boat Mister is solving one problem at a time. They have visited a marina and determined their options for nozzles and tubing. They have two new pumps, one being 100 PSI and the other 200 PSI. They now are creating a combination of different options in order to make the system aesthetically pleasing.
Team Dehumidifier is working on their prototype. They are trying different ways to set up their system. As a team, they are deciding if they should use a pump, the aquamat, or a combination of the two. Also, Ian is gathering data from a sensor that detects the amount of moisture in the soil. This will allow them to determine if the plant is receiving a sufficient supply of water.
Team Mister Takes a Trip to the Marina
From there we decided to go to Allerdice, a local hardware store where we talked with a representative about water pumps. The store itself did not carry the specialized high pressure pump we require, however the representative we spoke with had valuable information regarding misting systems and the components that we will implement into our design.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Volunteer Work
Laptop Stands
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Dehumidifier Team's Trip To Dehn's Flowers
Dehn's Flowers is located at 180 Beekman Street:
Monday, October 25, 2010
White House Science Fair
The Saratoga Springs High School Inventeam wanted to congratulate the Inventeam students from Cesar Chavez High School in Laveen, Arizona and Oak Ridge High School in Tennesse. These students were given the amazing opportunity of presenting their accomplishments at a White House Science Fair. The fair celebrates the winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering, and math. President Obama noted, “If you win the NCAA championship, you come to the While House. Well, if you’re a young person and you produce the best experiment or design, the best hardware or software, you ought to be recognized for that achievement too.” It is great to see that the progress of technology and innovation is finally being recognized as an outstanding achievement as other accomplishments such as sports are more often acknowledged. Thanks to the Lemelson-MIT program, it is obvious that doors have opened and given young engineers the opportunity to achieve success.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Dehumidifier System Presentation
Sunday, October 17, 2010
ICCI Presentation
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Boat Mister PowerPoint
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Dehumidifier and Boat Mister Progress
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Writing on the Floor
Today, the ICCI group received our pocket projector that we plan to use in our final prototype. It is about as big as a cell phone, and projects up to 120''. We hooked it up to the computer, projected it on the ground, and we were able to write with our IR pen easily. Below, you can see us "writing" on the floor tiles. Above you can see our projector compared to a cell phone.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Progress on the Intelligent Child Computer Interface (ICCI)
Saturday, October 2, 2010
NYSCOPBA
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Progress Report
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Successful Presentation
Friday, September 17, 2010
First Presentation
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Engineer's Panel
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Great Presentation!
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Ready for the School Board Presentation
Friday, May 21, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Upcoming School Board Presentation
On a sidenote, Dennis Conway, who is in charge of campus security at Skidmore, recently got back to us regarding us performing preliminary tests of Aegis on Skidmore's campus. We are going to arrange a meeting with him next week, before the school board presentation, where we can run through Aegis and hopefully set up a time to try it on Skidmore's campus.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Washington DC-Day 2
After a long day at Capital Hill, Mr. Gallagher took John Otto and I to the Smithsonian Museum of US History. There were plenty of interesting things to see at this museum. One of the things that I enjoyed the most was the section dedicated to Jerome Lemelson, the same man who started the InvenTeam organization that we are a member of. Other interesting exhibits included the evolution of products like the light bulb and the steam engine. We also got to see the contest winning autonomous vehicle created by Stanford that had to maneuver its way through both an urban setting and a country setting. It used lasers on top of the car to determine obstacles and avoid them.
Washington DC-Day 1
Today was a busy day at Capital Hill. John Otto, Mr. Gallagher, and myself spent the day in eight different meetings. The purpose of the trip was to lobby in front of Congressmen and Senators' staff to try and convince them to provide more funding for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematical. This STEM education is specifically supported by programs like Project Lead the Way who would be able to grow even more rapidly with government funding. We even got to meet with Louisiana Congressman Bill Cassidy while talking to his staff in his office. After a long day of talking with staff members, Project Lead the Way CEO took us out to dinner at Legal Seafood and bought each table an eight pound lobster!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Final Touches
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Major Coding Finished!
This was a big step for Team Aegis and were looking forward to field testing and fine tuning!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Program Additions
Friday, March 19, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Website Just About Ready
Friday, February 26, 2010
Home Page
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Aegis Campus Security
Shower Temperature Control Unit
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Emergency Vehicle Alerter
Patrick Foss's Emergency Vehicle Alerter
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Independent Automative Heating System
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
Successful Meeting
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Scott Murphy & Richard Liebich
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Saratoga Springs High School PLTW Program
Tic Tac Toe Idea
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Aegis: RPC programming and presentation
Monday, January 11, 2010
Aegis keeps the ball moving
The team is now working on planning the “log in” and “sign up” pages for our website. Today, Tristan De Jesús along with Chad Baker sketched out a concept map and finalized the criteria for each of the pages. Tom, Tristan, and Nick continued work with geo-location and exploring Remote Procedure Call (RPC), well KC Bianco worked on our up and coming presentation. We plan to get a move on programming the “log in” and “sign up” in the very near future.