I modeled a charging station where I can charge my smartphone and smartwatch. I used FreeCAD to model my design. I then used MeshMixer to prep the design before slicing it. I made my design solid and used the accurate setting to get smoother lines, especially in the curved parts of the design. I then … Continue reading Journal Entry 13 – 3D Printing – Fabricating for a Function part 3 →

My partner in this project was Santiago Mogollón. Here is a link to his blog post: https://looneytwo.home.blog/2019/08/01/the-aaa-experience/ We used Unity to create a VR experience. We first downloaded the Standard Assets and inserted a platform for our character to stand on. We experimented with random textures and found the water one to be pretty cool. … Continue reading Journal Entry 12 – Virtual Reality Project →

I chose to take the assessment but I also used created something with my Raspberry Pi. I purchased the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+. I first 3D printed a case for the Pi from one of the more popular models on Thingiverse. My goal was to create and run Minecraft server on the Pi. I … Continue reading Journal Entry 11 – Robotics Project →

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Object 1: It took me a while to get used to the UI and be able to navigate it effectively. The tutorial took me quite some time to finish it but I eventually did. Object 2: I have two charging cables that I keep at the edge of my desk where I charge my smartphone … Continue reading Journal Entry 7 – 3D Modeling – FreeCAD Basics →

On Monday June 3rd's class, my group and I furthered our idea for our app. We scrapped our idea for a dice roll. One member had experimented with a 3D cube but deemed the animation and roll to be laggy and inconsistent, so this method was ruled out. I had suggested a derivative of the … Continue reading Journal Entry 3 – Teamwork →

On Wednesday 5/22, I was able to get the Android emulator working and connect the MIT App Inventor projects to it in order to test my code. I was able to code an app that counted the number of presses to a button and then reset itself. Once I accomplished that, I researched what other … Continue reading Journal Entry 2 – Working with App Inventor →

My name is Daniel Hernandez Lopez. First Name: Daniel. Last Name : Hernandez Lopez. No middle name. I have two last names. It frequently gets confused. My major is Chemical Engineering. I'm in this class so I can fulfill the E-Series requirement in order to graduate this summer semester. Also, tech is pretty cool. Chick-fil-A … Continue reading Journal Entry 1 – Introductions →