Concept Sketches - Jake McKenzie
RoboFish
The RoboFish is the first of it's kind. An autonomous fish-simulating robot that responds to external stimuli. It uses a pair of microphones to "hear" the outside world and detect its surroundings with sonar. Realistic swimming is achieved using a miniature servomotor. The target price range for this product is approximately 40 dollars. Bouancy is controlled by expanding a gas filled chamber with a minature dc motor. Steering is controlled by modifying the tail stroke and lifting the lateral fins with a small shape memory alloy spring.
Doc Edgerton's Camera
This special edition Ricoh camera is equipped with additional sensor hardware and electronics to enable the user to quickly and easily capture stroboscopic photographs. An onboard microphone triggers the flash when the trigger conditions, set by the knob shown below. This camera is ruggedly built and targeted towards children adged 12-19.
Baker Piano Clock
This Baker piano drop alarm clock wakes you up with an explosion every morning. And that's not all. To further encourage the oversleeping student to rise from thier slumber the alarm does not stop until the piano legs are inserted in the proper locations. The difficulty is adjustable from easy (insert them anywhere) to nightmare mode (correct placement changes every 2 seconds). This clock is built to take a beating. The legs are held into place magnetically and magnets are also used to sense the presence of each leg.
