Outline - Alec Chang | NuVu Cambridge

Write a A 1-2 sentence project description. This description should not include the name of the project and should be written in the third person.
1. What is the "soul" of your project? Describe the idea of the project in conceptual terms. This should paint a conceptual picture in the reader's mind. (1 sentences)
  1. Spoonji: A floating barge that utilizes sensors and GPS trackers in order to monitor the PH level of the water surrounding a sponge as well as tag its location on a digital mapping program.
2. What is the "body" of your project? Describe the basic technical or physical construction of the project. This should NOT go into excessive detail, just provide an overview. Describe the project to someone with no technical knowledge in as few words as possible. The reader should be able to envision what the project looks like. ( sentences)
  1. When the barge encounters a sponge, it releases a capsule containing PH level sensors and a radio transmitter. Then, the barge marks the location of the aforementioned sponge on Google maps. With the help of this tool, researchers can monitor the chemical content of the water near the sponge without gathering local samples.
3. Night Light Blankie: A child's sensory blanket that provides comfort and privacy in the high stress environment of the hospital using weight, textures, and light. The blanket transforms into a mini light up fort over a child’s head.
4. Cocoon: a shroud that explores human spirituality and the concept of life after death through the use of repetitive religious iconography. Composed of over 300 pieces of laser cut balsa wood lined with space tape, the icons are arranged using a mathematical strange attractor.
Why does your project exist? The why explains how your project changes the world. It is the reason your project exists –
1. What social issue does your project engage? (1 sentence)
  1. Spoonji brings an otherwise obscure species of freshwater sponge to the public’s eye, and it will provide a way for the citizens of Massachusetts to interact and care for the sponges.
2. Who is your project helping? (1 sentence)
  1. ^
3. How does the project change the world? This can be in a simple physical way or in a complex social way. (1 sentence)
  1. ^^
4. What important social, intellectual, or technical questions does it raise? (1 sentence)
Who is the project for? Who will use it and in what context (1 sentence)
How does your project work. In non-jargonistic language, answer the following
1. What is the basic technology behind your project? (1 sentence)
  1. The main component of Spoonji is the floating barge that is powered by two, bottom mounted motors. The barge consists of a wood body along with two sealed PVC pipes for flotation.When instructed to do so, a servo controlled crane atop of the barge drops a capsule containing monitoring equipment and weights into the water. The equipment is contained in a
2. What is technically innovative about your project? How does it differ from existing technology? (1 sentence)
  1. There isn’t anything technically innovative about this project, it combines multiple pieces of existing technology into something original. For example, the barge by itself is not innovative, but by integrating a crane system with the barge a completely original product.
3. How does a user physically and mentally interact with the project? (1-2 sentences)
  1. This project encourages people to interact not with the project itself, but with the sponges that it is surveying. The Spooji is a medium in which ordinary citizens of Massachusetts can play a part in aiding a local species.

Outline - Alec Chang

Or