Week 2 - Steve

 1. I think that the final project is going to be really fun as long as I am able to challenge myself and look for new ways to use the materials given to us. I want to make something that can actually interact and take in inputs from the real world and adjust behaviors accordingly, but finding the exact method of implimentation is still a work in progress.

2. For me, week three looks like it will be the most fun because it allows me to kind of roam around the world of electronics and devices on my own. I like trying to blaze my own path because i know that it ends up giving me a much deeper understanding of what I'm working with than just being told what to do and how. For the final project, I am thinking about creating something on wheels that can somehow react to the world around it. The idea that most excites me is creating a robot that can balance itself vertically, however I am not entirely sure how possible such a device is because of a lack of a gryoscope/accelerometer in the maker's kit.

3. The tour of the cleanroom was really nice and we got to see a lot of cool stuff. These two photos are my favorite that I took. The second one doesnt really show any of the cool tools; I just like how the photos is composed.



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