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Who: We wanted to create a device that could help people traverse an environment with a lot of trees. In a world where everything is in the treetops, navigating the canopies is key to survival.

Why: While humans evolved from tree-climbing ancestors, we have lost many of our skills in favor of living on the ground, including tails. If humans were to move back into trees, a tail would be essential.

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Who: We wanted to create a device that could help people who live in a primarily water-based world. Due to the rising seas, these people have been forced to develop powerful flippers able to escape predators and drift currents.

Why: We wanted to create a device that could propel beginner swimmers and help advanced swimmers swim further and steadier.

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Who: Our project is made for climbers who need shoes that you can both walk in and climb in. The 'climbing mode' of our shoes includes spikes in the bottom and a clipper in the front to hook into the rock. The 'walking mode' has the spikes retracted within the shoe and the clipper closed.

Why: In a future world where there are many steep cliffs that the inhabitants would have to climb up, a pair of shoes that can both climb cliffs and that you can walk in would be very helpful.

Biological Strategy

Our shoe attachment mimics some aspects of the goat hoof. The clippers in the front hook into the rock like a goat would, and the spikes hook into smaller crevices in the rock as well.

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Who: There are intelligent octopus living in this world. They can do tasks such as cooking and surgery very efficiently.

Why: This can help people grab different stuffs from different area faster.

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Who: We wanted to create a device that could help people living in a dark, ocean environment. This civilization is forced to live in the ocean because the land had all been flooded. So they need a way to get around faster..

Why: We wanted to create a device that could help people living in a dark, ocean environment. The invention of submarines, but they are too expensive and slow. The citizens who are forced

to swim need a faster way of getting around.

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Who: We wanted to create a device that could help people living in the sky. This civilization is forced to live in the sky due to climate change. These cities are not connected to each other, therefore people can't travel from one city to the other .

Why: We created this device because it would help people get from city to city. This way they can see their family or friends that are in a different city then them.

Biological Strategy

we used the biological strategies of bats and birds to create our device. we decided to use more of a bat design because their wings could trap more air.

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things that worked well:

1. wing design
2. the servo (when unattached to wings)
3. button control

things that didn't work well:

1. servo opening wings
2. not having enough time to make parachute and web launcher
3. wires staying together

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Project Description

Who:

We wanted to create a device for people who live in dark areas. These areas are dark due to the overgrown trees towering over buildings, etc.

Why:

The people who live in these dark areas cannot see clearly and therefore, would need some sort of light to get around.

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