Update 13/11

Today we did well and I'm starting to think that it might actually work. But there is still a long way to go and a lot of drilling. People are either liking our invention or hating it. There is a concern with us that the motor might not be strong enough, but time will tell.

about the so called bomb

Thought I would just mention that the pile of wires and what not on my desk is not a bomb !!!!!
I'll repeat that for Mrs Mclaughing (or how ever you spell it!!!!), it is not a bomb! and it will not blow up soon!!!!

VARIOUS FACTS

• No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right, A single experiment can prove me wrong- Albert Einstein.
• Ancient Greece -(they didn't test their ideas in orderly and biased ways)- Plato, (who was a philosopher) believed that the earth was the center of everything.
• Spontaneous generation- Louis Pasture thought that it was nonsense
• 1860- Louis Pasture- microbes
• Hypothesis- Always a statement not a question- An 'educated guess' gives possible answer to the problem.
• Theory= Explanation- An overall explanation that accounts for a body of experimental evidence
• xylem- living tissue that's basic function is to transport water, phloem- living tissue that carries organic nutrients.
• Scientific law- A statement describing something that happens the same way under the same conditions.

Jordans (correct) update- Ben is competly wrong- 12/11

Today was ok in the fact that we got a little bit done.
We both believe that we should have more time in class as we are not getting enough done each session. OTHER PEOPLE ARE JUST STARTING- WE ARE GOING GREAT FOR TIME!!!

Today Ben had at first a good idea but then wee soon found out that it made the whole moving structure weak- I had to run up to carpentry to fix the mistake.

I disagree with all of Ben's points because all off these thing are going to be fixed when we have put the final strengthening parts on!!!

We should be finish early next week but we don't have enough time in class.
We are yet to come up with a name for the invention though.
Everyday we are getting closer to putting the finishing touch (all the electronics- there are a lot!!!!)
today we got some more trays put on and we had to fix that problem. We also got a bit of measuring done.

There will be constant updates (sometimes from both Ben and I) everyday on what is happening

Bens update 12/11/08

Well...
TODAY wasn't very good. I discovered heaps of flaws that Jordan is not agreeing on and if it doesn't work we might have to go back to the EMERGENCY drawing board.
The problems we found were:

• The trays hit each other and the wood in the middle.
• The motor is not strong enough.
• The trays are not stable.
• The platform is not stable.

THIS IS BENS UPDATE
JORDAN'S MAY BE DIFFERENT

Magnetic Info

• Domains
• Magnets can be permanent or temporary
• Earth is a magnet
• Permanent magnets are made from hardened steel
• heating stops magnetism
• The north and south poles are the two end on a magnet
• Field strongest at poles
• There are different types of magnets

More info to come later.....

Update for the 11/11/08

Today we worked on the invention. We got the electricity part sorted and just need to to the rest of the construction. We mainly just need to drill holes, put screws in places and do finishing touches.

Phew! the hard part is nearly over.

We are still the most organised and there are some really good ideas.

Newton's 3 Laws

LAW 1
An object at rest or in motion will continue in the same state unless acted upon another external force.

LAW 2
Force equls mass times acceleration.

LAW 3
For every action (force) in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction.


We conducted experiments showing how each of these work

In What Form Does Electricity Travel?

Electric current is the flow of electric charge. The SI unit of electric current intensity is the ampere. Electric current is measured using an ammeter.
The electric charge may be either electrons or ions.

Electricity travels through a circuit... The circuit conisists of many conductors and compartments (The conductors are usually magnetic or carbon...). If you turn your circuit on, The Battery will start releasing electricity through the circuit...
It really depends which way you have your diodes (If u have any in ur circuit) because there is Autonated Current and Direct Current....
Water and metal are some of the best conductors for electricity. Because your body is mostly water, you are a great conductor, too! So if you touch an electric circuit and the ground at the same time, you will become electricity’s easiest path. Electricity will flow through you, and you could be seriously hurt or killed.

You don’t have to be touching the ground directly to conduct electricity. You could also be touching something that is in contact with the ground, like a tree or a ladder.

Electricity is always trying to get to the ground. Like all good travellers, electricity takes shortcuts whenever it can. If something that conducts electricity gives electricity an easy path to the ground, electricity will take it!

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_does_electricity_travel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_current
http://www.safeelectricity.org/esw_v1_1/hurt/travel_through.html
http://www.safeelectricity.org/esw_v1_1/hurt/path_to_ground.html
http://www.aciltasman.com.au/images/electricity_orig.gif

Update on our invention

We are tracking well and are nearly finished the structure of our invention- all we have to go is mostly the electronics.

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We are the most organised- to prove this we came to school on Monday with all our equipment whereas no one else had anything!!!!!!

A more detailed description of our invention

We are going to make change in the office and workplace by creating and building an organiser that will help keep paper work neat and tidy in a modern way.

We are going to get 4 document trays and arrange them so that there is a center axle and a motor spins the axle and everything is connected to the axle causing everything to move around in a circular fashion - the document trays will be like carriages on a Ferris wheel so that they always stay level. There will also be lights to see the paper work and switches on all electric stuff to control everything that need be.

I have created a picture on PowerPoint which i will post on the blog later.

Keep commenting and following our invention adventure!!!

Albert Elvin Einstein, Thomas Alva Edison and Alexander Graham Bell (electricity)

We got this info of a program on Microsoft called 'clickview'

Lots of info on some people and less on others - I will keep researching to try and make all of them have the same amount of info.

But there are links to these people on an earlier post with URLs to Wikipedia articles about these famous historic people.





Thomas Alva Edison-

• Patented 1093 inventions


• Scientist and inventor


• Didn't invent electricity but did invent the incandescent light bulb


• Also invented the phonograph and the kinetoscope- small box for viewing films


• He experienced change throughout his lifetime!!!


• quoted that -Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration

Alexander Graham Bell-

• He improved upon the telephone

Albert Einstein-

• Theory of relativity- E=MC2

More experimennts and an early idea for an invention

A couple of weeks ago (better late than never) (I am currently going through my log book from school posting anything that we did and might be interesting) we put motors, LED lights, buzzers and lights onto battery packs and then later ran the circuit through a switch creating a more complex circuit. This led us to amazing discoveries towards our invention.

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When a circuit didn't work we had to trace the circuit and find what the problem was. I taught Ben that when making a circuit you always remember it ends up being one big circle- remember circle circuit!!!

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At the time of this invention we were thinking of creating an automatic dog feeder but we soon found that it already existed- it was Ben's idea (a good one i must say), i said that we should make one or buy one and then modify it by putting modern gadgets on it such as lights and buzzers to let say a blind dog know where his food is by hearing a buzzer or a light by letting the dog see whats its eating!!!

Music inventions

At the beginning of the term we were set a task to go home and create an invention that makes noise by either hitting it or shaking it.

I came back to school with a piece of wood that had washers in it and there are tall screws to hold the the washers down and the height of the screws allows the washers to shake and make a 'ringing bell' sound. I constructed mine in Carpentry.

Ben got two sticks of bamboo out of his garden and he hit his two pieces together making a rather low sound. they sticks broke within a mater of time!!!

we will bring our musical inventions down to the inventors summit along with or class invention!!!

Inventors summit

I have set up a new email address for people to comment on our blog at the inventors summit

Feel free to email us using it: inventorssummitcomments@gmail.com


We will post your suggestions and comments if you notify us when emailing by saying something like: can you comment this or could you not post this as a comment but leave it as a suggestion for you to use. If we think it is an excellent suggestion however we will post it unless you really don't want us to.

There will be a lot of our work at view at the summit.

Product Information on a certin document tray- emails to and from officeworks

In the end this was not the document tray we went with but it shows that we have been investigating on our invention!!!

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Original message to office works:

What are all the measurements (height,weight,
length, width) of:


http://www.officeworks.com.au/office-supplies/desk
-accessories/recycled-plastic-desk-accessories/AC8
6360.shtml
Please

This is the Recycled Plastic Document Tray

Product No. AC86360
Marbig Enviro Desk Accessories Range - Landscape
Document Tray. Stackable
ideal for quick & easy viewing of contents and
holding Manila folders.

Thank you.

J.Epstein

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Reply from office works:

Dear Jordan,

Thank you for your email.
I have confirmed the following information with our Products Team in relation to the recycled plastic document tray. These measurements have been supplied by the vendor.

402 (L) x 245 (W) x 72 (H) mm
I do apologise but they are unable to confirm the weight of the tray.

Kind Regards
Shane Swinburne
Customer Service Team Member

15 - 17 Loyalty Road
North Rocks NSW 2151 Australia
support@officeworks.com.au
Telephone 1300 633 423
Facsimile 1300 361 001
http://www.officeworks.com.au/

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