Thesis

Our Tomorrow is a poignant stop-motion animation depicting a utopian world that rapidly transforms into a dystopian ruin. The animation serves to shatter traditional notions of a bright future, challenging viewers to consider the consequences of their current decisions in order to shape a better tomorrow.

The stop-motion animation set is crafted from cut sections of polystyrene and painted in acrylic. The modular sections of the city are then mounted with foam pads to a studio made from laser cut cardboard that acts as a light shroud and backdrop. The animation features repurposed LED bulbs as characters, each standing at just five millimeters tall. A pair of needle nose pliers was used to manipulate the characters.

Through its vibrant visuals and powerful messaging, the animation is a warning to the current generation that our present actions have significant implications for future generations. Our Tomorrow encourages the viewer to be vigilant stewards of the environment and to strive for a society marked by harmony and unity so that all may enjoy the innovative gifts of a thriving future.

Precedents

Visual Storytelling 

At this stage we were exploring different visual styles and architecture to convey diversity, as well as relating to more mundane aspects of current day life in a city. We decided to center on a more industrial semi dystopian vibe. This was also to contrast with the utopia the animation begins with.

Process

We started off with making the box where we made it so that we could easily pan shots with a servo and a oled. also we got consistent lighting with 2 sets of neopixles controlled bye a potentiometer.

Process 

To make the buildings me used recycled materials along with foam and cardstock. To cut the foam we used a foam cutter and to cut the cardstock we used the laser cutter.

Process 

For painting we first took the foam structures and primed them. After priming them we put several layers of acrylic and then added washes and dry brushed areas to add detail.



Include your 10 second test SMA

Final Video

Comments and changes

• Use an optical lens
• we would use a dslr camera

؜This initiative aims to develop a cost-effective flywheel energy storage system as a strategic alternative to traditional chemical batteries, which present significant cost and environmental challenges. Leveraging the principle of kinetic energy storage through magnetically levitated rotating systems with minimal friction, this technology seeks to deliver superior short-term energy efficiency and sustainability compared to conventional battery solutions.

؜Why?

Shaft

Base

The magnets in the base repel the magnets in the shaft, while pushing the shaft towards the wall.

؜How?

Magnet Configuration

؜How?

Prototype

Final Product

Thank you !

Thesis

A combat puzzle game built around eliminating enemies without any conventional weapons, not even swords or magic. The player needs to work with their environment, using different interactions to create interesting combos in the environment that can take out their opponents. Depending on the level, different tools, traps and enemies will be present that the player can leverage by pushing, pulling, and connecting. While we have had experience making games, it has mostly focused on coding and feature implementation and less art and polish. This project expanded gravity shift by adding in this polish in the form of sound and particle effects, taking the game to the next level

Core Puzzle Mechanics

Grappling Hook

Core Puzzle Mechanics

Gravity Orb

Core Puzzle Mechanics

Elemental Interactions

[speed game] stat screen at the end with time, explain rewarding players for speed

Core Puzzle Mechanics

Enemies

Core Movement Mechanics

Grappling Hook

Grappling hook mockup or cyberhook

Core Movement Mechanics

Gravity Orb

Core Movement Mechanics

Wallrun

[speed game] stat screen at the end with time, explain rewarding players for speed

Core Movement Mechanics

Ground Slam

؜Prototypes

Storyboard

Process Diagram

Demo

؜Next Steps

Sam:

1. Add more sound effects
2. Create a parkour map
3. Add rocket jumping interaction to the upcoming rocket enemy
4. Tune movement mechanics to be more situational

Andrew:

1. Add in new enemy types with different weaknesses
2. Start creating the first levels

Thank You

WATER GRIDS

ELECTRICITY GRIDS

ALTERNATIVE GRIDS:

SAFETY GRIDS

OFF-THE-GRID?

Commuter-driven off-grid social media for the greater NuVu community

Commuter Communication

B. Armstrong, B. Kraemer, B. Munson, P. Tibbetts, J. Vincent

What:

• Decentralized social media network
• LoRa Radio-based device
• Key chains to a central transceiver

Why:

• Free communication from the hands of corporations
• Increase user autonomy

- Existing Communication Systems

Precedents

"The Better NuVu Server"

The NuVu News Letter

NuVu Minecraft

HAM

Pirate

LoRa

- Radio Types and Wavelengths

Precedents

- Tech

Precedents

Meshtastic

IMSI Catcher

Viruses

Charging Board

Pi Pico 2

Micro SD Reader

LoRa Transceiver

SMA Antenna

Mounting Holes

Component Shell

Battery Bay

mothership iterations

Phase One

Phase Two

Phase Three

We're Here

Content Creation and User Testing

Design and Technical Framework

Dissemination

The Problem

• Industry leading VR hardware and software is closed source and often hostile to developers
• Popular Headsets such as the Oculus Quest have very low availability outside of western nations

Goals

• Develop a hardware and software ecosystem of similar quality to the Oculus headsets while remaining open source
• Keep prices as low as possible to increase accessibility
• allow people to customize hardware to fit their price range

Target Users

• Makers who want a highly accessible piece of technology they can tinker with
• General consumers that want more a affordable and customizable VR experience

Open Source Initiatives

Hades VR

By LiquidCGS

Slime VR

By The Slime VR Team

Relativity VR

By Maxim Perumal and the Relativity VR team

Previous Versions

MK1

An early prototype to get acquainted with VR tech and practice 3d modeling skills.

MK3

MK2

Another early prototype using laser cut wood for rapid prototyping with lens adjustment and computer vision.

The first attempt at a final consumer product although it ended up lacking polish and many lessons learned from it were brought into MK4

MK3 Pitfalls

Uncomfortable plastic face socket

Adjustment requires screw driver

Uncomfortable and clunky adjustment

Hard to modify electronics

MK4 Changes

High performance and cheaper micro controller

Easy ratcheting adjustment

Lower profile screen

Soft TPU rubber pads

Modular electronics mounting

Quick lens adjustment

Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)

• Provides flexible and soft 3d prints for increased comfort
• Slightly harder to 3d print at high quality
• Extremely durable
• Used in headset face padding

Ratchet Adjustment

• A ratchet that automatically unlocks through the dial being counter rotated
• Offers extremely simple and fast adjustment
• Significantly more durable than previous solutions

Modular Electronics

• Easily removable electronics for easy modification
• Fully screw free assembly
• Extremely low cost at $6 for 3DOF tracking, $50 for low resolution screen, and $50 for 6DOF tracking

Challenges

• Ribbon cable on screen getting torn making the headset non functional
• Poor print quality with TPU
• Creating assembly methods that don't require screws

Next Steps

• Source replacement screens
• Create better screen and screen driver housings to prevent damage
• Eliminate the need for supports while 3d printing
• Implement polish such and dust gasket for screen and more lens adjustment

Nico's Grandfather

• MS is when your autoimmune system attacks your nerves and leads to paralysis, speech difficulty, and vision problems.

Forces in VR

I brainstormed 175 OI project and business ideas this summer in preparation for NuVu!

One idea stood out as fun, challenging, and impactful: simulating physical forces in virtual reality. I researched and designed solutions.

While these focused on broad use cases for VR, they also fully met the needs of E.L.I.!

A bad solution to the problem?

Source: the internet.

2 in 100 people live with paralysis



Paralysis has multiple causes:

• Autoimmune Diseases

• Physical accidents

• Cerebral Palsy

• Strokes

• & more

Many solutions exist today

nico you did most research here

Show what is done but what is bad about them in 3 sentence or less

EksoNR: rehab specific exo suit for the lower body.

Harmony: rehab exoskeleton for stroke patients' arms.

Myomo: exoskeleton restores arm functionality.

But are rehab focused, expensive, bulky

nico you did most research here

Show what is done but what is bad about them in 3 sentence or less

Harmony: for rehab only,

not long term functionality

Myomo: very expensive, bulky, not open source.

EksoNR: for leveled rehab only, not for home use

$36k - $65k pricetag!

E.L.I. restores arm functionality

E.L.I. restores arm movement and grip functionality for people with arm paralysis such as Nico's grandfather.

Functionality is restored from the elbow to the hand, enabling lower arm movement and providing a gripping device near the hand.

Users feel more in control, with boosted confidence and improved quality of life.

A good solution to the problem!

Source: the NuVu E.L.I. team.

There are two key modules

Gripper Module

Arm Movement Module

The gripper went through many iterations

We looked into a few first ideas:

Mechanical

Iris

Soft robotics

We took different parts of these and created our next prototype

Pictured: a few of the many, many attempts to solve this problem

Fewer arm iterations, many details to solve

We looked into a few first ideas:

Mechanical

Iris

Soft robotics

We took different parts of these and created our next prototype

We looked into a few first ideas:

Mechanical

Iris

Soft robotics

We took different parts of these and created our next prototype

video

Next is user testing and the design

• We want to test our project with Nico's Grandfather

• We need to hide the cables and tighten the straps



E.L.I.

By: Nico Bellucci and

Gabriel Murray

Exoskeleton for limb independence

Thanks for listening!

Schools do a good job teaching subjects but often fail to spark a passion or even a liking for what they teach. While not meant for use in schools, this project re-introduces biological and ecological concepts through more exciting and whimsical means.

Fantastical Biology is an interactive website containing scientific ideas from Earth with alien-like creatures representing them. This website serves as a mediator between school and hobby, getting students who have an interest in science (but have yet to spark a genuine passion) to fully enjoy the subject of biology. It mainly targets fantasy and animal lovers and will spark an interest in biology through its various elements. Passion is important, and not just for mental health; it is proven that love for a subject leads to better academic performance.

Thesis

Precedents

Conceptual Precedent

Name: Fantastical Biology

Creator: Orion Orozco, Bridget Kraemer, Max Fuhrer

Technical Precedent

Name: Scale of the Universe

Creator: Cary Huang

Visual Precedent

Name: All Yesterdays

Creator: C.M. Kösemen, Darren Naish, and John Conway

How we did it

Schedule

Creature Design

Begin Website

Rough Sketches

Mid Review

Better Sketches

Foundation for website

Final Artwork

Writing

Finishing touches

Final

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Brainstorming

Sketches

Technical Diagram

Writing and Notes

Paper Prototype

Website Foundation

Website Prototype 1

Website Prototype 2

Final Artwork

Final Product:

Thank you :3

Thesis Statement

Binary calculator is a calculator made out of the lowest level components so that we could learn more about how computers work at the simplest levels, and secondarily to teach people who are interested in computers more about them in a hands on way.

Diagrams

Full adder

AND Gate

XOR Gate

OR Gate

AND Gate

XOR Gate

1

OR Gate

Prototypes/ Iterations

• Have a more linear plan to reflect what we are doing day to day
• Have a better plan of the steps needed to achieve the end goal
• Discuss more with the group about what everyone is working on and how that helps achieve the end goal

Reflections

Thank You!

Thesis

A melty brain combat robot is an archetype of combat robot that utilizes its drive to spin the robot and adjusts the speed of the drive at certain intervals allowing it to translate across the field. In combat robotics you are provided a weight limit and this allows you to. put all of your weight into the weapon making it one of the most complex types of robots and the theoretically most powerful.

Precedents:

currently our precedents is this one guy that has released lots of documentation about melty brain theory and this repo that has open source software to run melty brains which we will use a s reference while we write our own.

How melty drive functions:

How melty drive functions:

Math!:

Output: 0-360 deg

(current angle)

Output of stick: x,y value

Create a vector from 0,0 to x,y from controller

gets angular velocity and plots it over time to get the current direction the robot is facing

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Compare values, have an offset to allow the motors to react as it will only face the heading for a short amount of time

θz​(t)=θz​(0)+∫ωz​(t)dt

where:

• θz​(t) is the current angle of the Z-axis relative to an initial reference.
• ωz​(t) is the angular velocity measured by the gyroscope.
• θz​(0) is the initial angle at t=0.

Math!:

linear velocity = difference in motor speed

linear distance = integration of velocity

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next steps

Integrate the IR sensor with the accelerometer to get accurate readings of position.