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The Perfect Shot Semester 2 Week 12

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 This week our team had two main goals: 1) Complete our Poster for the Design Fair 2) Continue to test and confer our equations are correct. We decided to divide and conquer this week, two of our teammates went to local parks to recruit and test children's max height distance thrown. This data was analyzed through video recordings and iPhone stopwatch in order to get an approximate velocity. Once this was completed the other teammate analyzed our projected velocity with the velocity obtained through the physics equations to confirm they are accurate. If the results were not accurate they were adjusted with the more accurate velocity results from the equation. Additionally, Lule met with our faculty advisor to work out and ensure our equations were correct prior to implementation and poster showcase. The results gathered can be seen at the link below: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j17b16lWyhwcAYtE1rjz1ky_r6INy_AcjhhSeXNoiFk/edit#gid=0 The poster for the design showcase can...
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The Perfect Shot Semester 2 Week 11

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 This week we continued to gather max throwing height data. An additional 7 children's data was gathered from a local park on the 26th of March.  The data can be seen in the link below: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j17b16lWyhwcAYtE1rjz1ky_r6INy_AcjhhSeXNoiFk/edit#gid=0
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The Perfect Shot Semester 2 Week 10

 This week our team conducted our broader impacts discussion with our class where we spoke about how our product would impact our local and global communities socially, economically, environmentally, and the safety impact of our product.  Some of the impacts we had are:  Social Impact: ·         Our product will allow more kids to play, including the less sports inclined kids to participate and still have fun with the improved shooting accuracy coupled with the scaled sizes of hoop, ball, and court. Impacting both local and global communities by adding this quick attachment system to their local parks allowing more children to play the sport by having an adult adjust the hoop for them. ·         The product will allow children to have a boost of confidence with increased accuracy based of data collected from live research, EGR 365 has laid foundational ground work on how to conduct and work with in ...
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The Perfect Shot Semester 2 Week 9

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 This week our team focused on gathering data and researching different approaches that our Basketball data could be applied to Volleyball. Research on anthropremetric data by age for arm length was conducted. This data was added to our excel page that outlined the average height to age, we added the length of the arm to the average height of the child to approximate the height of a child with their hands fully extended above their head. This data will help us analyze the height at which a net should be set and will lead us into the data needed to scale the court size to the Childs age.  References: https://www.craftyarncouncil.com/standards/child-youth-sizes https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7543216/ Google Doc Excel Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1notCyaXEyVGY-bQoTFuIDwcLd19aB3cH/edit#gid=275308221
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The Perfect Shot Semester 2 Week 8

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   This week our team focused on preparing for our midterm presentation. This presentation encompassed a brief overview of what our team accomplished during the last semester and what we have worked towards since the beginning of this semester. With that in mind, we mainly focused on our finished products and the data that has been gathered. The finished product resulted in several rims, each consisting of different radii ranging from regulation size upwards to 26 in., and small square tubing welded onto each of those rims. Those small tubing pieces would be able to slide into a large square tubing on a bracket that is able to be attached to a standard backboard. Aside from that, our team demonstrated the process we took in order to develop the pieces described above. We talked about the struggles and solutions we had to determine throughout our development. Additionally, we explained the results of our data and how the testing took place. We proceeded to answer some of the qu...
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The Perfect Shot Semester 2 Week 7

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  This week our team focused on a few things such as gathering data by testing our prototype, correcting past Deliverables (5 & 6), and prepping for our midterm presentation on 22 FEB 2023. Our protocol for testing has shifted slightly, we are attempting to gather data by having children shot 10x shots on the rim we believe they should be using and shooting on the rim a rim size above/ below to compare the data to confirm our calculations are correct. A lot of time was focused on prepping for our presentation on the 22 FEB. During this presentation we will be detailing where we started, where we are at, and where we are going with the rest of our time in our CAPSTONE project.  The table above outlines the data that we collected in the previous week. Five additional children were added. Conditions were unfavorable with a 12 mph crosswind, this weather impacted the shot projectile slightly and may have impacted the shot accuracy adversely. That being said with a product bein...
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The Perfect Shot Semester 2 Week 6

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 This week our team put a focus on completing our build 100% and worked one Deliverable 6. To finish our build we grinded off excess material to ensure a smooth fit, smoothed out metal burs on all brackets and tubing. While we were grinding off excess material, we grinded past the metal and created a hole. This hole was to deep to be patched up so we remade the square tubing bracket, and finished grinding the build. We aligned every square tube and used a standing drill press to go through the metal in the same spot. This allows us to use one trailer hitch  bracket on the backboard and just pull the bolt that goes through 2x places on the square tubing. This quick change system allows our team to make rapid rim changes that can be adapted to different age groups during testing. When our system is put into full operational mode it will allow the referee or coach of a team change the rim based on the age group who is playing quickly. Additionally, this system is forecasted to pr...
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