156A Week 8

Goals for Next Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.

●Brainstorming any possible method to deterrent or prevent stingray sting. (all teammates)

Sponsor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments

●Average surfer boots go for about 30$ and it looks nice, close to skin and tight.

Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments

●To make success criteria quantitative! (withstands X amount of force) don't focus on making it a "product"

● behave like a fabric, will we have something behind the fabric?

●materials used in medical fields to "simulate tissue". Gelatinous materials to see how far it goes into flesh.

● pendulums are usually in momentum, we'll need to somehow convert/calibrate it to force.

● might be easier to build your own pendulum, rather than buy one

● shark’s deterrents don't work.

● need access to stingrays, as live testing is very necessary.

● If the electric field is (between your legs) how will that ward off the rays outside your stride length

Risks and Areas of Concern

●If it’s too expensive or doesn’t look good, it won’t be marketable

●If they weight too much or are restrictive, surfers won’t wear them

●Harming the stingrays

●If the product is not comfortable for users, people are not going to buy it.

●Applicable to both adults and children

Risk reduction and milestone

Fall Quarter Goals:

●Researching current methods of avoiding stingray stings

●Brainstorming multiple methods of stingray deterrence

●Designing a testbed

●Picking a design to study further

Long Term Risk Reduction

●Settle on a design and perform puncture tests

●Regularly redesigning and performing puncture tests to improve design

●Perform design test with stingrays

Budget (list amount spent and amount remaining)

amount spent $0

amount remaining $1000

Week 8 presentation slides