Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Solution... now go!

After our water cooler explosion incident, we were very worried about what we were going to do with this project, since a huge portion of the project is based on the water cooler. Tuesday we did some mega brainstorming and met with Dave and Steve, and for once, everything is clicking like it should.

The water cooler is out, large water containers are in (non-vacuum sealed thank you very much). Both locations are now the same: puzzle & water container. The catch? Only one puzzle can be completed, and puzzle pieces will be "dispersed" between OCAD and Ryerson. The goal is to complete one puzzle. While puzzle pieces are being moved, the sensors (we are using reed sensors now) will record the time the puzzle piece has been off of the base. Depending on time, the water container will still fill up or empty slightly. If one of the puzzles gets completed, the respective water container will fill entirely, and the water cooler at the other location will empty. Once puzzle pieces start to move around again, the water levels will continue to fluctuate.

Its building time now, less than three weeks left. We are full steam ahead!

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