1 15 18 Meeting Notes

Monday 1/15/18 Meeting Notes

• Rayyan is in a physiological biology class, which will most likely prove useful for the movements of organisms

• Reviewing the timeline

• Zooplankton: nylon net

  • potential have two materials - more rigid and one more fluid
  • spirals/circles? we do not want spiderweb
  • start getting materials and experimenting with how they interact with each other
  • lights: fiber optic cable or LEDs (LEDs need wire and would potentially be visible)
  • the cables may or may not be an issue with the LEDs
  • is this interaction triggered by motion or light? or both?
  • if motion: think about where the sensor will be located

• Create a small scale model for the zooplankton

  • 4 different wires and vertices

• Materials to Discuss/Test:

  • nylon thread
  • LED lights? LED strips?
  • fiber optics
  • spool and wire
  • motor: servo
  • frame: plywood (prototype), metal pipe (final product)
  • paper mache materials

• Potentially go to Nahant and see Rayyan's professor's biomechanic research

  • tentatively a Monday afternoon

• Barnacles:

  • Figure out what materials to make cirri and how to make the accurate movement
  • joints and strings per sarah
  • could extend the mechanism into the table
  • outer shell: paper mache (at least for model) or plaster mold

• Meet on Sunday 1/21 @ Maker Lab

  • Making the model of zooplankton net
  • Potentially make barnacle outside shell