Archive for December, 2012
Engineering Meeting: Basic Arduino Coding
One of my favorite parts of this project is the team spirit, the camaraderie between the team members. When we first started this project, many of us did not know […]
Meeting with the Mayor
On December 13, the Management Team and B-Team Liason had lunch with Mayor Setti Warren, Citizen Assistance Officer Aaron Goldman, Youth Services Director Jenny O’Leary, Newton North High School principal […]
Logo Design: Sketching and Presenting
The B-Team members sketched concepts for possible logo designs for the project’s brand. The team then got together as a class and each member presented their three sketches/concepts. After receiving […]
Engineering Meeting: Getting Started With Arduino
We held a very successful engineering meeting after school on December 7th, 2012. We started the meeting by compiling a list of questions to ask our Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam Master Mentor, […]
Sketching Phase
After market research and inspirational boards were created, the A-Team started sketching the physical design aspect of the PAS, starting the sketching phase of the invention. The team started by […]
First Engineering Meeting
On November 30th 2012, after receiving the electrical components in the mail, we held our first engineering meeting afterschool. We opened packages of photocells, Radio Frequency (RF) receivers and transmitters, lasers, […]
Inspiration Boards
After market research, we focused on the creation of inspiration boards with the intention of providing visual representation of each student’s interpretation and understand of the project. Each student received […]
Saint Joseph School
We recently received wonderful news from one of our Ethiopian correspondents whose name has been asked to be ommitted. He told us that Saint Joseph School is eager to collaborate […]
Efficient Project Planning with guest Fei Wu from Digital Influence Group
Fei Wu, Senior Producer from Digital Influence Group, met with the Management Team to discuss the importance of efficient project planning and organization. She suggested several helpful programs to manage […]
White House Science Fair
