Brainstorming and Research
Evidence of work:
Our first task as a team was figuring out a big problem we all had a passion for. I enjoy the environment and finding ways to help protect it. Most of my teammates agreed and we chose to go down the path of global warming and focusing on the main causes of it. Brainstorming helped us get all of our ideas down so we could start to narrow down the focus. Our first main idea as a group was doing something with carbon capture technology. At first, I had never heard of carbon capture so we had to do some background research to help guide us in the designing/developing step.
Our first task as a team was figuring out a big problem we all had a passion for. I enjoy the environment and finding ways to help protect it. Most of my teammates agreed and we chose to go down the path of global warming and focusing on the main causes of it. Brainstorming helped us get all of our ideas down so we could start to narrow down the focus. Our first main idea as a group was doing something with carbon capture technology. At first, I had never heard of carbon capture so we had to do some background research to help guide us in the designing/developing step.
Logo Design
Before we started any designing, we created a team logo to represent our "company" and what we are going to be focusing on. We used google drawing to create our logo. Some Ideas we had were related to the earth and carbon dioxide. The picture on the right was the first design and the one on the left is our final design.
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Research/Brainstorming Notes
Demand and Wishlist
To get us thinking about a prototype we came up with a list of design specification we should go by while doing our project. After some research, our main idea was to focus on the large scale carbon capture done in some power plants and factories. We found that the technology was very efficient and hard to improve upon so we moved onto the storage of the carbon dioxide.
The focus of the demand and wishlist is to research the market and what requirements will need to be met to create an efficient and desirable product. We put a D or W next to each function if it was a demand or a want. This helps us keep the product useful but simple at the same time. With more research and brainstorming we went back and created a modified version to fit our new focus. The big change between the two is the focus. The original one reflected our idea to create ethanol from the carbon dioxide and sell it to gasoline companies to make the process more profitable. The modified version is focused on a smaller scale filter or carbon capture devise that would be sold to people or other companies.
The focus of the demand and wishlist is to research the market and what requirements will need to be met to create an efficient and desirable product. We put a D or W next to each function if it was a demand or a want. This helps us keep the product useful but simple at the same time. With more research and brainstorming we went back and created a modified version to fit our new focus. The big change between the two is the focus. The original one reflected our idea to create ethanol from the carbon dioxide and sell it to gasoline companies to make the process more profitable. The modified version is focused on a smaller scale filter or carbon capture devise that would be sold to people or other companies.
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Content:
Carbon Capture - a large scale process normally used in power plants that isolates carbon dioxide away from the other emissions. The carbon dioxide is store underground or used to make other products.
Global Warming - an increase of greenhouse gases causing the worlds temperature to rise. This causes a multitude of problems like climate change and the extinction of plants and animals.
Greenhouse Gases - gases that reflect the earths heat energy back onto the surface, in turn causing global warming. Some greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.
Fossil Fuel - the fossilization of organic matter used to power many things when burnt. They contain a lot of carbon so when they are burnt, carbon dioxide is released into the air. Some examples of fossil fuels are coal, crude oil, and natural gas.
Carbon Dioxide Storage - As of now carbon dioxide leftover from carbon capture is either stored underground or sold to be used to manufacture other products.
Empathy - to be in someone else's position and understand what they need and want. We used empathy to help us design our product so it helps other people and their needs.
Market - consists of the people who are willing to buy the product and who is already making things like this. It also touches on how much money is being spent on this kind of product and how much it is needed.
*My reflection is located on design step 1 page: Design Step 1