Friday, December 17, 2010

Meeting with the Juniors

Yesterday after school we asked all the project lead the way students in the junior class who are interested in being involved in EDD next year to stop by for a quick meeting. A few people from each group gave a presentation of what they were working on and their future goals. This gave the juniors an idea of what goes on in class. We shared our fundraising ideas and showed them our Togatilt website. We also gave them opportunities to assist us with our projects and in fundraising. All of them seemed very interested and hopefully they all contact...

Monday, December 13, 2010

ICCI Software Progress 12/13

Sean gives us an update on the software modification progress from the Intelligent Child Computer Interface Group....

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Adjustable Mist

Thinking how to make our misting system better developed for the consumer, we decided to implement a circuit which adjusts the amount of mist that the pump outputs. The circuit was small and fairly inexpensive as it had to be soldered together, however should easily fit in our housing unit. It works by controlling the motor speed through pulse-width modulation, regulating a series of pulses from the battery to the pump. Below is the circuit's front...

Monday, December 6, 2010

TogaTilt

We are excited to announce the launch of our new fundraising website and brand: TogaTilt Visit us at:www.togatilt.com The New Logo About TogaTilt:Based out of Saratoga Springs High School, TogaTilt is a website which allows for local students enlisted in the Project Lead the Way program to further pursue their interests in engineering.  TogaTilt was created to provide an outside source of revenue for students in the capstone class, Engineering...

Friday, December 3, 2010

November Skype Meeting

Today during class we had our monthly Skype meeting with Ellen Dickenson. We gave her a PowerPoint presentation on our current progress, our future goals, our community service plan, and our fundraising ideas. Overall, we had good feedback and suggestions. Unfortunately our meeting was cut short so she could not finish her comments. She plans to contact us with more questions so that we can take her feedback into account and improve each of our projects. Hopefully we can make even more progress and achieve each of our goals as the month continues!...