Storyboard for HP project::

I am posting my progress on my storyboards for my HP design. I plan to take these a few steps further and add some better renders instead of screen shots and possibly add some steps that are crucial to the success of this design. I will post the finals at the end of this quarter...God willing.

Friends Blogs::

I have decided to write and showcase some of my friends blogs that I find interesting and therefore, you should too...just kidding.

My teacher Mike Roller has a really solid posting quality. He chooses to show objects that he finds worthwhile and evaluates them quite nicely. Take a look. www.michaelroller.com

Also, my friends Tracy and Nick do a really good and consistent job at posting. Check there's out as well!!!



http://tracysubisak.blogspot.com/


http://nickrudemiller.blogspot.com/

Final USB direction

Here is the final direction and render I went with for the USB project I just completed::

floating light bulb

I came arcoss this cool piece of technology and figured I would post it - check out the video_





Light bulb is a levitating yet powered lightbulb. It will float stably in midair and remain on for years without any physical contact, charging, or batteries. Ironically, with the levitation and wireless power circuitry both on, this entire package still consumes less than half the power of an incandescent bulb.

This is not a trick or a photoshop manipulation. The bulb and the casing contain hidden circuitry [shown in figures] that uses electromagnetic feedback to levitate the bulb roughly 2.5" from the nearest object, and uses coupled resonant wireless power transfer to beam power from the housing into the bulb itself.

Tesla invented wireless power transfer in the late 1890's. However this effect is still largely underutilized. I wanted to explore this effect coupled with feedback stabilization of a naturally unstable object. Details in the figures highlight the embedded circuitry and techniques used to levitate and power the bulb.

This sort of reminds of a much less elegant concept by Angela Jansen::

plusminuszero USB concepts

So here are the two concepts I decided to pursue for this project. I need to decide between one of these to develop further this week. Any suggestions?

plusminuszero

So I have to design a family of flash drives; 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB for my DesCom class. We need to pick a company to brand them through. I love Naoto Fukasawa and plusminuszero's simplistic forms. Pure geometry, clean lines, and beautiful proportions make these design truly timeless. I will post my progress on of these design in the coming weeks.

New Portfolio is up...

So I finally finished my portfolio...click the link to check it out.

http://www.uc.edu/propractice/ind_design/Nitz_Jacob_10.pdf

hope you enjoy it.