Prototyping Blog Documentation Week 2
The egg drop challenge can summarized as an experiment in where people attempt to create a device that prevents a raw egg from cracking. In concept one may think this is simple to do, but the actual process is a lot more complex. It takes a multitude factor to be considered and designed such a device that prevents an egg from cracking. This blog post will go over my process for designing such a device.
Unfortunately, I do not have any work in progress pictures of my device, so I will showcase the major parts of my device and explain my thought process when making them and adding them towards the final device.
My final device looks like this, which consists of two main parts: the cone and the stabilizer, to which I tried to use as little tape as possible for the device. For the cone part, which consists of the top part and underneath the stabilizer, I came up with the idea to use to after observing some other’s devices for egg drop challenge, in which I believe that a shape like a cone would be best in catching the egg while preventing it from breaking.
The stablizer consists of the paper surrounding the cone which is to hold up the cone in an upright position. I have done this as to make sure the cone is in a upright position when the egg is dropped into the cone as it will allow for the rolls of paper underneath to cushion the force caused by the egg drop.
Speaking of which, there are a series of rolled up paper attached using some tape in a somewhat pyramid formation. I have put this underneath the cone as to cushion the impact that egg will cause when being dropped into the cone as to prevent it from being cracked.
Inside the cone I have added scraps of paper from the remaining paper I had in order to pad the inside to assist in preventing the egg from cracking.
While a somewhat simple design, quite a bit of thought went into design it as such to ensure an egg won’t crack with it. It went through several design changes to get to where it is today, and I am satisfied with the design given the limitation of paper and tape used. If I were able to use more tape or paper, maybe I could come up with an even more safe design for the egg, but as it stands this design satisfies the current experiment.