Week 14.

We began finalising our product and drawing the final version on Solidworks in order to get a better understanding of it form and possible function. Our two CAD experts Jorand and Iain began work on the form of our product and completed simple renders so we could get an idea of aesthetics.
We were advised to make the product more interesting and extravagent, however still keeping in within the design brief and context aesthetics. The inital sketches showed the product to be very simple and small. 

The body/shell was to be made from stainless steel. The insert and the touch points were to have rubber pads.

As described by Rafe Delaney: A design change which developed due to materials was the lower wings. This made an easier grip point and provided strength to the inner section. The sealing ring which prevented water from escaping when poured was changed from outside to inside the bottle. This would prove manufacturing to be easier and provide a better seal. Rubber nodules would be inserted on the inner section of the wings to clip the bottle cap into position. These nodules would not wrap the full section of the rim. This would make it easier to remove the bottle cap.


I organised a meeting with yasu to gain a better understanding behind the coding of the arduino for the project. He provided a more advanced three axis accelerometer which would help identify movements accurately. However we had troubles with this and changed to an X and Y axis accelerometer. 
After talking to the workshop guys we decided to make the interactive model from CNCing Foam and 3D powder printing for the two scale models The scale of the model was to be increased to 3x the size to contain the arduino components.

This led us to 2 conclusions of combing a mixture of Stainless Steal and Rubber.

This led us to 2 conclusions of combing a mixture of Stainless Steal and Rubber.
This led us to 2 conclusions of combing a mixture of Stainless Steal and Rubber.

Due to our product water sealing we needed it to be durable enough not to fall out when tipped upside down. At the same time the product needed to have durable materials that could be washed and cleaned.

These two materials are already commonly used in similar contexts for wine stoppers.