Documentation Blog for IMA
Designing, creating, and iterating physical and digital prototypes to solve problems. Spring 2022 course.
For my second egg drop device I decided to change the inside of the box. Although the balloon cushion was perfectly fine, it required a whole sheet of A4 paper with about 8cm extra. That means if I want to cushion both the top and the bottom of the box, I would need 2 sheets. The box also required 2 sheets of paper, so that left me with 4 sheets left for the outside of the device.
After watching the origami video, I was inspired to use my origami knowledge for this challenge. The first idea that popped into my head was to put the egg in an origami balloon and add extra buffers inside to absorb the impact when the egg falls, like packing peanuts. However, I realized that this method was not practical since 1) the balloon was too small and 2) putting in the extra buffer is difficult. So, I scrapped this idea and moved on. Continue reading “Egg Drop Challenge Update 1”
After watching “Engineering With Origami“, my appreciation for the art of origami has grown. When I was younger, folding paper airplanes and fortune tellers was what I thought origami mainly was: nothing more than a fun hobby to entertain children. However, there is so much more to origami. It’s an art form as well as a way of prototyping for things like medical equipment. It’s so fascinating how paper folding can evolve and be used in engineering.
