Why

An interactive website with all new creatures that have extensive biological details/how they relate to real creatures and worldbuilding.

How

To spark interest in biology through whimsical and fantastical elements in life-long learners.

What's New?

-Compared to the first iteration, this one will focus more on the biological features of the animals, and not about the lore of the world they live in.

-Focus on completely original creatures instead of already existing ones

-Interactive website that allows people to click on specific parts of the animal to learn more about its functions and how it relates to why the creature is so viable in its environment

Feedback?

• What types of animals do you think would be interesting to see?
• What do you look for in an interactive website?

What is the Problem?

Only 19.4% of students ages 16-19 work jobs while enrolled in school and 81% of college graduates wish they were taught more about job life.

What is the Problem?

Only 19.4% of students ages 16-19 work jobs while enrolled in school and 81% of college graduates wish they were taught more about job life.

Many high-schoolers don’t understand the expectations, courses, and mindset needed for certain jobs. Additionally, people who have taken courses don’t always know what jobs they can do. We want to create a website where people enter what they enjoy or what courses they have taken to get a list of jobs.

How Will This Help?

Each job includes statistics on:

• Salary
• Acceptance rate
• Largest companies

This will help students figure out which are close by, which jobs they enjoy, and which pay well.

Precedents

Linkedin is a social networking app/website where people can find jobs. However, the recommended jobs are not always things you can do.

Precedents

Linkedin is a social networking app/website where people can find jobs. However, the recommended jobs are not always things you can do.

Indeed is a simple and efficient job searching website it is hooked up to many different job listings However, it doesn't have any job recommendations

How It Was Coded

• Technologies: Python (backend), HTML (website design), SQL (database)



• Workflow:
• Database creation with job details
• Checkbox submission for user qualifications
• Comparison with database for matching jobs

Main Struggles

Most of our struggles were due to tedious work that came from debugging the code. We also had multiple tasks where only person could work on that was needed before other tasks could be completed.

Main Struggles

Most of our struggles were due to tedious work that came from debugging the code. We also had multiple tasks where only person could work on that was needed before other tasks could be completed.

How we Overcame These Struggles

We worked really far in advance so that the project could keep moving. We also found that resources like Chat GPT and Stack Overflow could help a lot with efficiently doing tedious tasks and fixing code. Such tedious tasks were:

• Changing names in datasets
• Quickly finding statistics

Thesis Statement

 Persephone VR, born from a hobbyist initiative, aims to provide open-source VR hardware that matches mainstream performance without compromise allowing for freedom of replication and modification of tech. While the broader vision includes a unified system of controllers, headsets, and tracking, our immediate goal is a high-fidelity and easily reproducible VR headset on the level of the Oculus Quest 2.

The Problem

Facebook and other major entities are employing problematic black box technology to carve out a monopolistic VR landscape. This not only stifles personal creativity and expression but raises serious concerns about overarching control and suppression.

Precedents

Slime VR is an open source full body IMU tracking project currently with open pre orders as well as full DIY documentation.

Relativity VR is a open source project to develop and manufacture a freely hackable headset although DIY documentation is lacking.

The goal of Lucid VR was creating a working pair of hand tracking gloves for virtual reality. The design was derived from a preexisting open source design.

Intro Headset

Version 1

Version 1

Version 2

Version 3

Version 3

Version 3

Version 3

Arachne VR Glove

Background

Precedents

The goal of Lucid VR was creating a working pair of hand tracking gloves for virtual reality. The design was derived from a preexisting open source design.

Finger Segments

Springs are in here

Prototype 1

What We Learned

• A solid linkage would prevent movement of the fingers
• replace a potentiometer with flex sensors

Prototype 2

What We Learned

• There would be too much friction on the TPU band, especially when the fingers are bent
• The base needs to have a steeper bottom for it to be more comfortable

Prototype 3

What We Learned

• The flex sensors stay bent after the user bends their fingers

Next Steps

• Improve the visual quality
• Add a PCB for better organization
• Make it easier to put on
• Create software to work with Steam VR
• Connect with other new developers
• Experiment with new wearable design philosophies

Why

An illustrated field journal of a fictional natural philosophers's travels through a fantastical-creature-infested area.

How

To spark interest in biology through whimsical and fantastical elements.

Sketches Option 1

Compile all sketches in one slide (delete this)

I am now in what I would consider to be the forest proper. I can reliably stretch my fingers to reach two trees wherever I stand now, and the ground is dark and damp. It was when I paused for my lunch that I noticed my environment had changed, though I suspect I was in the woods for a good deal of time before that. Today was rather less exciting than the last; the most interesting thing I saw was a multi-colored boulder sparkling in the light. There are a few mushrooms about, presumably from the rain two days ago, but none of them are special. It’s on days like this that I think of home. There’s not much in Alradeen that I love. I don’t mind sleeping close to the earth when it’s dry, so I’m impartial to my bed but preferential towards my roof. It’s physically more comfortable to draw and write at my desk, but I frequently find I have little to draw or write about. The smell of town is quite disfavorable to where I am now. The bodies and garbage and livestock and coal versus the grass and trees and water. I don't particularly care about most people in town.

Process Diagram

What tools were used in the fabrication of your device? (i.e. molds, fixtures, templates, jigs, etc)

Illustrate with 2D or 3D model (delete this)

The Honey Squid is a small mollusk which uses its powerful skirts to propel itself through the air between flowers, who’s nectar it drinks through one of its two long probosci, which curl into its body to prevent them from being damaged when it lands. In the much larger and heavier females, (which are usually 1 to 2 feet tall compared to the mature male’s 1 to 5 inches and 2 grams) the probosci also bend to be on the side of rather than underneath the body. When a female Honey Squid reaches maturity, it stops bouncing and starts walking around on it’s short bendy legs, which grow to be much stronger as part of the maturing process.

Honey Squid travel in large groups of many males and offspring and one female who protects the others with her size. The female lays her eggs onto the many sticky hairs on top of the males, where they are fertilized. The hairs also help keep the males afloat for longer. Adolescent females also have these hairs, but they stick and stay together in tentacle-like clumps over time, as they are not useful to the mature females and would only get in the way. This is where the squid part of the name comes from. 

When the eggs start to hatch, the male Honey Squid begins liquifying. The hatchings consume their father to get the nutrients that they need to get up and running. They then join the pack and get all of the food that they need for the rest of their lives from nectar. When a female Honey Squid matures, she leaves her pack in search of mates. This is the only time that a Honey Squid will choose to be without a pack. When she finds another pack, she will take all of its female’s mature male offspring as her mates. This is beneficial to the old females because she no longer needs to take care of the young male who can never be her mate. A female Honey Squid dies when she is too big and slow to run away from predators, or she cannot get enough nectar to sustain herself to the next patch of flowers. 

Honey Squid

$$$

Specialized

Replacement

Lack of accessibility



Ari

What's Wrong With Traditional Prosthetics?

Other Prosthetic Ideas

Toe

Jaw

Arm extender

Wyatt

Affordable

Accessible

Augment

Wyatt

Claw Control

Claw Control was a Nuvu project designed to be a claw machine puzzle.

Wyatt

Common Prosthetics

 Prosthetics are traditionally designed to seamlessly replace parts of the human body

Dani Clode

Dani Clode is an augmentation designer exploring the future of the human body

Sketches

Ari

Live Hinges

A living hinge is a thin, single piece, flexible hinge traditionally used in injection molding.

Live Hinge Proof of Concept

Material Exploration

NinjaFlex

PLA + Flex

TPU

Refining Design

Hand Mount

Thumb

VS

Hand Mount

Cardboard Prototype

Cardboard

Flimsy

Ugly

Poorly designed

High(er)-fi Prototype

Plastic (PLA)

Adjustable

Uncomfortable

Fits one hand size

Dialing In Comfort

More comfortable

Better quality

Not adjustable

Cant connect to thumb

Diversity

More comfortable

High Quality

Adjustable

Cant connect to thumb

Electronics Mount

What We Learned

Final Hand Mount

Designed off a Real Hand

Flexible

3 Attachment Points

More Adjustability

Final Photos

Thesis

In the lore of World of Warcraft, Jihui is mentioned as being a game about finding a satisfactory conclusion with the opponent, such as a stalemate. Unfortunately, we have found no real-world equivalent of this game. We made this project to explore the interesting concept behind the game and encourage discussions of real-world peacemaking.

Precedents

Train (2009)

Temple of the Jade Serpent (WoW)

Sketches

Prototypes

Figma

Cardboard 2

Cardboard 1

Playtesting/

Feedback

Cutting the Units

All 360 faces, for 60 cubes

Unique names per unit on both sides

Final Photo

Final photo of project (delete this)

Thesis

Marine marbles is a fun and new game for kids who have difficulty with fine motor skills to play and/or use as an occupational therapy device. It is focused on accommodating for and improving bilateral coordination, small precise movements, and grasping strength. The game is a magnet maze-inspired wobbleboard that has interchangeable handles and base difficulty levels. The user maneuvers a marble around the board, going through different obstacles and elements. It may be played with 2 people, adding a collaborative element to work on communication.

Precedents

Conceptual Technichal

Prototypes

1

2

3

Storyboard

Process Diagram

Original construction of pinball model

-Cardboard and glue

-Rubber band flipper model

First wobble board design

-Cardboard

-Glued styrofoam sphere to base

Larger second draft of wobble board

-Same prototyping materials

-Interview with occupational therapist

First handle designs

-Dowels+styrofoam ball

-3d printed

-handles were too small and sharp

Final Model

-Wood base

-3d printed elements

-painted

-plastic cover

-detachable handles and bases

Final Photos (Detail)

Highlight specific details of the design (delete this)

2

4

3

1

Video / GIF

Clip of final project, demonstrating how it works.

** Bonus Slide ** (delete this)

Technical Diagram

Show how the project is assembled with clear labels

Preferably from 2D or 3D model (delete this) 

Base and sides

Laser cutter

Shark Mouth

Laser cutter

Life preserver

3D print

Handles

3D print

What is the Problem?

Only 19.4% of students ages 16-19 work jobs while enrolled in school and 81% of college graduates wish they were taught more about job life.

What is the Problem?

Only 19.4% of students ages 16-19 work jobs while enrolled in school and 81% of college graduates wish they were taught more about job life.

Many high-schoolers don’t understand the expectations, courses, and mindset needed for certain jobs. Additionally, people who have taken courses don’t always know what jobs they can do. We want to create a website where people enter what they enjoy or what courses they have taken to get a list of jobs.

How Will This Help?

Each job includes statistics on:

• Salary
• Acceptance rate
• Largest companies

This will help students figure out which are close by, which jobs they enjoy, and which pay well.

Precedents

Linkedin is a social networking app/website where people can find jobs. However, the recommended jobs are not always things you can do.

Precedents

Linkedin is a social networking app/website where people can find jobs. However, the recommended jobs are not always things you can do.

Indeed is a simple and efficient job searching website it is hooked up to many different job listings However, it doesn't have any job recommendations

Start On Next Ideas

Feedback

From Companies

• You don't need all the qualifications just a bachelor's in your field of engineering.
• Job experience is the most important part.
• They will teach you some parts of the job like CAD(Computer Aided Design).
• You can work in a job that is very similar to what you already know.

Feedback from employees

• Experience is very important and sought after.
• Interviews are about an hour but the hiring process takes 2-4 weeks.
• Connections are very useful and important to get jobs.
• Qualifications vary in necessity however you need a certain starting amount to be even looked at by employers.
• Enthusiasm is very important and looked for by employers.
• People like jobs with money good vibe and worthwhileness.
• Apply for a huge set of jobs then see how many get back (20-50 is a good amount).

How It Was Coded

• Technologies: Python (backend), HTML (website design), SQL (database)



• Workflow:
• Database creation with job details
• Checkbox submission for user qualifications
• Comparison with database for matching jobs

Main Struggles

Most of our struggles were due to tedious work that came from debugging the code. We also had multiple tasks where only person could work on that was needed before other tasks could be completed.

Main Struggles

Most of our struggles were due to tedious work that came from debugging the code. We also had multiple tasks where only person could work on that was needed before other tasks could be completed.

How we Overcame These Struggles

We worked really far in advance so that the project could keep moving. We also found that resources like Chat GPT and Stack Overflow could help a lot with efficiently doing tedious tasks and fixing code. Such tedious tasks were:

• Changing names in datasets
• Quickly finding statistics

Conclusion

Unlike other job websites Career Map personalizes its approach to job searching, allowing users to find work according to their preferences and career goals. It does this by allowing the user to input work they have done and activities that they enjoy.

What is the Problem?

Only 19.4% of students ages 16-19 work jobs while enrolled in school and 81% of college graduates wish they were taught more about job life.

What is the Problem?

Only 19.4% of students ages 16-19 work jobs while enrolled in school and 81% of college graduates wish they were taught more about job life.

Many high-schoolers don’t understand the expectations, courses, and mindset needed for certain jobs. Additionally, people who have taken courses don’t always know what jobs they can do. We want to create a website where people enter what they enjoy or what courses they have taken to get a list of jobs.

How Will This Help?

Each job includes statistics on:

• Salary
• Acceptance rate
• Largest companies

This will help students figure out which are close by, which jobs they enjoy, and which pay well.

Precedents

Linkedin is a social networking app/website where people can find jobs. However, the recommended jobs are not always things you can do.

Precedents

Linkedin is a social networking app/website where people can find jobs. However, the recommended jobs are not always things you can do.

Indeed is a simple and efficient job searching website it is hooked up to many different job listings However, it doesn't have any job recommendations

Start On Next Ideas

Feedback

From Companies

• You don't need all the qualifications just a bachelor's in your field of engineering.
• Job experience is the most important part.
• They will teach you some parts of the job like CAD(Computer Aided Design).
• You can work in a job that is very similar to what you already know.

Feedback from employees

• Experience is very important and sought after.
• Interviews are about an hour but the hiring process takes 2-4 weeks.
• Connections are very useful and important to get jobs.
• Qualifications vary in necessity however you need a certain starting amount to be even looked at by employers.
• Enthusiasm is very important and looked for by employers.
• People like jobs with money good vibe and worthwhileness.
• Apply for a huge set of jobs then see how many get back (20-50 is a good amount).

How It Was Coded

• Technologies: Python (backend), HTML (website design), SQL (database)



• Workflow:
• Database creation with job details
• Checkbox submission for user qualifications
• Comparison with database for matching jobs

Main Struggles

Most of our struggles were due to tedious work that came from debugging the code. We also had multiple tasks where only person could work on that was needed before other tasks could be completed.

Main Struggles

Most of our struggles were due to tedious work that came from debugging the code. We also had multiple tasks where only person could work on that was needed before other tasks could be completed.

How we Overcame These Struggles

We worked really far in advance so that the project could keep moving. We also found that resources like Chat GPT and Stack Overflow could help a lot with efficiently doing tedious tasks and fixing code. Such tedious tasks were:

• Changing names in datasets
• Quickly finding statistics

Conclusion

Unlike other job websites Career Map personalizes its approach to job searching, allowing users to find work according to their preferences and career goals. It does this by allowing the user to input work they have done and activities that they enjoy.