ADMT Anthropometry

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ADMT - Environment

1) Defining Theme

-Definition

-Mindmap

-Questions (5W1H)

2) Identifying a need

-Research and findings

-Statistic data

-Using PIES to identify a need

3) Analysing the situation

-Existing ways of solving the problem

-Existing products

4) Exploration of ideas

-Brainstorming

-SCAMPER

5) Proposed solutions

-Implementation

-Assess

-Reflection/Documentation (reflect on the process)

-Publish (blog) (to gather feedback)

In your environment group, research on materials and sustainability.

Use the following questions as your guide

1. What are the different types of materials in the market? Classify the materials into wood, metal, plastics and others.

2. What are the properties of the different materials?

3. How do the different materials come about? What are their compositions?

4. Give examples of the use of each material.

5. What is sustainability?

7. What does it mean when we say that a product is sustainable? Give an example of a sustainable product and explain why the product is sustainably.

8. What does it mean by a sustainable environment? Give an example of a sustainable environment.



Different Types of Plastic (Casandra):

-Acrylic
-Cellophane
-Cellulose
-Cellulose acetate
-Elastomer
-Epoxy resin
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Different-Types-of-Plastics-and-Their-Uses&id=1572569
Different Types of Metal ( YanJin):
-platinum,
-silver,
-gold,
-copper,
-bronze,
-nickel.
http://www.varioustypes.com/precious_metals

Different Types of Wood (Azeem):

-Agba

-Afziela

-Afara

-Alder

-Ash

Different Types of Leather (Bernard):










Properties of the Materials:


Plastic:
-Acrylic: Best known as a glass substitute, typically under the trade names Perspex, Lucite and Plexiglas.
-Cellophane : A Du Pont trade name for film made from regenerated wood pulp (cellulose).
-Cellulose : The fibrous matter in all plant cells, with a long chain molecular structure. The most common sources used for making plastics are cotton fibres and wood pulp
-Cellulose acetate: A tough thermplastic made from cellulose in the form of cotton linters, treated with acetic acid and acetic anhydride. Used for many domestic mouldings such as spectacle frames, toothbrush handles, and as transparent packaging film.
-Elastomer: A synthetic plastic with the flexible properties of rubber.
-Epoxy resin: A very tough thermosetting resin used as a coating, or reinforced to make mouldings or laminates.
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Different-Types-of-Plastics-and-Their-Uses&id=1572569


Metal:

silver, platinum and gold: all are precious metals and are highly maleable and ductile. Most pure metals are soft too
Copper. bronze and nickel: They are not really precious and are cheap.

http://www.varioustypes.com/precious_metals

Wood:

All of the above have wooden origins


Leather:













How It Came About?

Plastic:

-Acrylic: a hard thermoplastic made from acrylic acid or a derivative of acrylic acid.
-Amino plastics: Plastics made from ammonia based compounds
-Cellophane : A Du Pont trade name for film made from regenerated wood pulp (cellulose).
-Cellulose : The fibrous matter in all plant cells, with a long chain molecular structure.
-Cellulose acetate: A tough thermplastic made from cellulose in the form of cotton linters, treated with acetic acid and acetic anhydride.
-Elastomer: A synthetic plastic with the flexible properties of rubber.
-Epoxy resin: A very tough thermosetting resin used as a coating, or reinforced to make mouldings or laminates.
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Different-Types-of-Plastics-and-Their-Uses&id=1572569

Metal:
Platinum: chemical symbol: Pt, atomic number: 78, atomic mass: 195.1
Silver: chemical symbol: Ag, atomic number: 47, atomic mass: 107.9
Gold: chemical symbol: Au, atomic number: 79, atomic mass: 197.0
Copper: chemical symbol: Cu, is either pure or made from brass and bronze.
Bronze: has no chemical smybol because it is not an element, made of various alloys of copper and tin.
Some of the metals came from the ground and was naturally made. Some of them were man-made and were made from a mixture of other natural materials.
http://www.varioustypes.com/precious_metals


Wood:


Leather:









Examples of These Materials:



Plastic:

-Acrylic : Plastic Waterbottles, keychains
-Cellophane: Sweet Wrappers
-Cellulose: Wooden Clock
-Cellulose acetate: Sunglasses , toothbrush
-Elastomer: Wires
-Epoxy resin: Furnitures with laminates.
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Different-Types-of-Plastics-and-Their-Uses&id=1572569

Metal:

Platinum: Industrial catalysts, jewelry
Silver: Jewelry, ornamentation, coins, frame of mirrors
Gold: Jewelry
http://www.varioustypes.com/precious_metals


Wood:

Agba - furniture
Afziela - top quality joinery
Afara - Interior plywood
Alder - minor utility products
Ash - light colored furniture

Leather:












What Is ‘Sustainability’?

Sustainability is the capacity to endure, to maintain at a certain rate.


7. What does it mean when we say that a product is sustainable? Give an example of a sustainable product and explain why the product is sustainably.

It means that the product is able to wistand its own weight and the weight of the contents on it. An example would be a chair. The chair is able to wistand its own weight and the weight of the person that is seating on it. The chair does not collapse when someone seats on it.




8. What does it mean by a sustainable environment? Give an example of a sustainable environment.


An environment that has the daily necessities that we can live in. An example would be living on arable land. We are able to plant crops on the land. The plants would photosynthesize, we get oxygen.

Environment - Melting Ice Caps

What Is Happening Now In The Artics

-temperatures have been rising in the arctic

-thickness of the ice sheet has decreased

-Springs are coming earlier, and fall is arriving later

-Surface temperatures are increasing at a rate of 2 degrees per decade

-water absorbs heat and thus increases the heat

source: http://www.awitness.org/journal/melt_ice_cap_glacier.html

Cause

human activities (emission of greenhouse gases, deforestation)

Emission Of Greenhouse Gases

-transportation needs, burning of fossil fuels

Burning of fossil fuels

-like petroleum, oil, coal, natural gases

Solutions

-find greener way to make electricity and use energy conserving items like energy bulbs. (solar panels, wind mills)

-use items that do not produce air pollution (cars that run on electricity)

S.C.A.M.P.E.R

S: Subsitute Think about substituting part of your product/process for something else. By looking for something to substitute you can often come up with new ideas.

C: Combine Think about combining two or more parts of your probortunity to achieve a different product/process or to enhance synergy.

A: Adapt Think about which parts of the product/process could be adapted to remove the probortunity or think how you could change the nature of the product/process.

M: Modify/ Distort Think about changing part or all of the current situation, or to distort it in an unusual way. By forcing yourself to come up with new ways of working, you are often prompted into an alternative product/process.

P: Put to Other Purposes Think of how you might be able to put your current solution/ product/process to other purposes, or think of what you could reuse from somewhere else in order to solve your own probortunity. You might think of another way of solving your own probortunity or finding another market for your product.

E: Eliminate Think of what might happen if you eliminated various parts of the product/process/probortunity and consider what you might do in that situation. This often leads you to consider different ways of tackling the probortunity.

R: Rearrange/ Reverse Think of what you would do if part of your probortunity/product/process worked in reverse or done in a different order. What would you do if you had to do it in reverse? You can use this to see your probortunity from different angles and come up with new ideas.

When to use S.C.A.M.P.E.R?


-When you are trying to create a new product and you chould ask yourself whether the product is good or not and if it will do well in the market

-When you want to get an inspiration.

-When you are doing projects or writing compositions.


For the above sketch:

S: Instead or holding the water bottle in hand, the water bottle is attached to the cycling helmet.

C: The invention is a combine of a water bottle and cycling helmet.

A: The designs and patterns on the helmet is adapted.

M: The size of the water bottle is minimized.

P: The cycling helmet, with the holder, can use to hold water bottle.

E: Eliminate the work of screwing open the water bottle.

R: The cycling helmet is used in two ways, one is to protect the head from injuries and to hold the water bottle.

Group Discussion

Baby Stroller

Physical:
-Shelter

Reason:
-Protect from weather element such as rain and sun.

Intellectual:
-Read newspaper, magazine, book etc.
-Play games

Reason:
-to be occupied.

Emotional:
-Patience

Reason:
-Not to get fed up and lose control.

Social:
Talk to someone on the phone or face to face.
Reason:
-to be occupied and reduce boredom.

Physical
It protects the baby from weather elements, such as rain,sun and wind. It also gives the baby a place to sleep of sit at when outdoors.

A

Global Warming-Rise in sea level

Problem:Greenhouse gasses increase as cars and other vehicles factories burn lots of fossil fuels to provide us with our daily needs.

  When Greenhouse gasses(like carbon dioxide)increase,the earth will get warmer,hence there is global warming.

  Due to the temperature rising,there are lots of problems now,like the polar ice caps are melting,causing a rise in the sea level.

 

What happens: When the sea level is rising,low altitude islands may sink below the sea.

The people who live on these island may have huge problems as the sea may destroy human property .

 Also,animals who live on the ice caps will also have problems,as they will have less land to live on,so there may be a problem of overcrowding,and may not be able to adjust to the heat high enough.

Solution:We should all try to conserve energy and use the 3r`s to save the planet.We should also try greener ways to make energy,by using wind or solar energy,or by making more environmentally products for us to use.

Currently,scientist are trying to use Geo-engineering to solve climate change

notes when doing the environment

there's nothing much, because azeem didn't send me much.

1) we must branch out whatever we say

2) we should expand whatever we write and make it more spread out

3) try to keep it short and point out the main points

mind meister

here's the link for the map in mindmeister:

http://www.mindmeister.com/maps/show/39052380

definition of environment

definition of environment:

1 the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.

2 ( the environment) the natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, esp. as affected by human activity.

adopted from: New Oxford American Dictionary

The natural environment, commonly referred to simply as the environment, encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof.

adopted from: Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_environment

I forgot to add the names at the previous post.

team members: bernard, azeem, cassandra and yanjin.

Define Arts, Design, Media and Technology

Before researching on the internet, we defined the meaning of art, design, media and techonology ourselves.

Art:

• expressing yourself
• unique things
• making it in a whole new way by using tools from our learning device to help us.

Design:

• structure
• making an ordinary and plain object look unique

Media:

• software (example keynotes and pages)
• using virtual applications
• communication

Technology:

• using hightech equipments

After researching, we got the following information:

Art:

• it is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music, literature, film, sculpture, and paintings. The meaning of art is explored in a branch of philosophy known as aesthetics.

adopted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art

Design:

• it is the planning that lays the basis for the making of every object or system

adopted from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design

Media:

• In the arts, media (plural of medium) are the materials and techniques used by an artist to produce a work.

adopted from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_(arts)

Technology:

• Technology deals with human as well as other animal species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt to its natural environment.

adopted from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology