In a world where aliens have invaded and destroyed New York City, the iron structures of the skyscrapers are all that is left. Humans have developed this vehicle to climb up the frames and escape from the aliens whose inner magnetism render the iron structures deadly. 

This vehicle uses magnetic treads to stick to magnetic metal surfaces. The vehicle is controlled by a remote control, which make the two motors drive the treads forwards. The 3-D printed treads are attached to a wooden frame, which holds the magnets in place. 

In a post-apocalyptic world where aliens have taken over and nearly driven humans to extinction. Only one island remains safe and humans must find ways to disguise themselves. It was discovered that the aliens see clearly in infrared light, but can also discern color differences. Thus, camouflage technology has been developed to avoid IR detection as well as change colors.

This wearable machine curls up when the wearer is crouching, much like a roly poly's shell. It uses LEDs to change color. It changes color to camouflage against predators like the aliens that are hunting the humans. The plastic allows the color from the LED lights to go through but is still opaque enough where someone outside can't see through. It also camouflages infrared light because as long as the wearer isn't directly in contact with the material, body heat cannot be transfered and the wearer will be disguised from infrared detectors.

In a world where the Earth got shrink rayed and there is no room to exercise, people are mad that they can't get in shape. So there is The Virtual Reality walking machine where you can get a workout and play video games. 

Our idea was with this machine and wearing a VR (virtual reality) headset you can walk on our machine, while playing video games . You're held up on a harness so you don't fall off it. You will be walking on pedals with a turning mechanic.The way we achieved the walking and turning was with a sensor that reads a black and white strip to tell if your turning left or right. But we weren't able to get the walking system to work because even though you were held up on harness that holds your weight, When you walk the pedals still couldn't handle the pressure. We also planned on getting it to work with a VR headset called google cardboard which is a VR made out of cardboard, though thats a whole other thing of coding. The turning worked and we were able to make a little game just to show how it works. I believe if we had another two days we could complete it.

We made a lot of prototypes and models, about five I would say. What changed the most was how it looked, and how we could turn or walk on it.

We were tasked with creating a sci-fi world in which we would create and then build a machine. Our world has aliens have taken over and nearly driven humans to extinction. Only one island remains safe and humans must find ways to disguise themselves. It was discovered that the aliens see clearly in infrared light, but can also discern color differences. Thus, camouflage technology has been developed to avoid IR detection as well as change colors.

We started off with our initial design having a projector displaying an image taken with a camera of the environment behind the person, as inspired by a precedent in Mission Impossible. After an initial prototype, we decided to move towards infrared cloaking instead and being able to blend in with the environment rather than trying to mimic it.

With our second iteration, we designed an accordion-like structure that would envelop the wearer as camouflage. We found this design to be movement impairing and restricted its wearer. However, we did develop a rudimentary harness out of wood that we would continue to refine.

With our third iteration, we thought of a more shell-like design that could be opened up and conceal the wearer when crouching. We worked on the headpiece first and designed panels attached by fabric. To camouflage against IR, we designed the headpiece so that it would not touch the wearer and thus transfer heat energy to the actual "machine". We originally planned to make the ribs out of wire and overlay fabric on top but decided to go towards a shell route. From here, we worked on expanding this design to the whole body, looking towards the shell of a roly poly for inspiration. We first created a full small-scale model, designing 3 types of shell pieces and clips to hold the shell pieces to the webbing.

From here, we began work on a full-scale design with clips for attaching the dowel to the spine strap and to the shell. We also began work on a LED light sensor system however, the sensor did not work and so we adapted our approach in having the wearer control the color given off. We decided against motorizing the headpiece.

The harness was designed to support both the back shell and headpiece. The straps were made adjustable and all the pieces were sewn together. We cut our final shell pieces out of plastic and designed notches in order to hold the pieces together. They held together well but took a long time to cut.

In a world where humans are no longer the apex predator and the common household spider has become a man-eating, giant, 10 ft. spider, humans have developed robots to help deal with this new threat. The spiders are noticeably smarter than before, and their extra strength and natural abilities make them extremely difficult to be killed off. In response, we created this scouting robot, codenamed the Spider-Bot, to clear paths and displace spiders.

Since spiders are attracted to bright, colorful, moving objects, this 6-legged automaton is equipped with bright LED lights strung along its head to attract the colossal spiders away from the route you are taking, clearing a safe path to travel through. This Spider Bot is remote controlled, and has a projectable camera mounted on its head so you can see where you're going and quickly adapt to new situations.

This Spider Bot has a simplistic design in which only two motors are used to make the spider do everything it has to. This is all programmed by the Arduino Uno, which is then controllable using a remote. The design uses linking interactions, making the spinning motor able to make the legs turn left and right, as well as up and down. This complex design allows for less motors and therefore less clutter, while still letting the spider keep all of its necessary functions. The design of the body, while giving it style points, gives it a lighter weight so that it can do thing easier. 

Our project, Cylindero, is a radio controlled vehicle with lights, and is capable of driving at fairly high speeds. Now completed, the interior electronic components of Cylindero are no longer visible. Cylindero is constructed of 3d printed plastic components, most of which were designed in the early stages by us. Our concept has changed since the beginning, for practicality and structural reasons, but it is very close to what we originally planned, and for that we are proud. We did, however, face design challengs which we were forced to overcome. For one, a base problem of Cylindero is its main design. For it to work, the motors must be the centerpiece, not the arduino or battery. The whole construct would have to be suspended from the motors, meaning both the cylinder wheels and the outer cylinder would need to be able to take a lot of strain from continous running. To solve this problem we chose sturdy motors, but in addition we replaced the motor axle with a sturdier mount (or hub) to connect to the cylinder wheels. Another problem we faced was spinning of the interior. If not properly secured, the interior of Cylindero would spin instead of the exterior (the same reason why a flying machine with one blade would not work). The motors needed leverage, something to push against. To solve this problem we suspended all the weight below the motors, however it does still remain a technical difficulty that is a product of its desgin. We will now demonstrate this vehicle's power in action...

Merkaba is a 3d printed exotic looking bracelet that worked as a musical prosthetic.  The bracelet itself has sharp points sticking out on one side and extends down the bracelet, unevenly. The bracelet has an arduino attached to the bracelet for the final presentation, and multiple wires connecting the bracelet to the patch on a users arm.  The wires are soldered and placed in the correct holes of the arduino to send the data to the sensors. Each bracelet has two touch sensors, which play two different sounds according to the instrument each player is assigned.

In our team Isabella had the vocal bracelet - one of the sensors on the vocal bracelet manipulates the volume of her recorded singing , while the second sensor manipulates one of her coaches beat-boxing recordings. Jasper had the melody bracelet- both sensors on the bracelet are piano based sounds and has the manipulations of the volume. Lizzie had the beat bracelet- both sensors on the bracelet plays two different beats and has the manipulations of the volume aswell the other two bracelets.