Designing is one of the things I like the most! For my IBG I had myself design what my second artificial tree would look like. I had started several weeks before start building it. I presented my idea to my advisor for his feed back. Him and I really liked the idea. It was very similar to the first on I made with him with the exception that the filters were now in the middle of the tree and no on the base. however there were many flaws with my design. we had discussed that the solar panels that we were going to use this time, would be of 6 volts. with 12 solar panels I would end up having more than 60 volts. that was not my goal. my goal was to be able to power small devices such as a radio or a blender. that was too much power, this was intended for a small, poor family that didn't have much. I listened to his feedback as I improved as a growth mindset learned and came up with a final design. This final design would only have 6 solar panels, 4 batteries, and two lights to illuminate at night if needed. In addition, it will have two fans to suck the air. This fans are more powerful and the last ones and can now clean the air at a much faster and bigger rate. We even came with the idea to be able to pull the tree apart! That way, when not needed, it could be put away in a much easier manner. We got starred right away. We had no breaks! We were both so into it that there was no time to rest! the only reason why we stopped was because it was time to go home but other than that we could have almost finished the project today! We got done with the top part of the tree. It looked very simple but it took us hours! This is the best project i have ever had in years! Probably the first time that i don't want to rest and just keep working, and that never happens! I'm really looking forward for wednesday which is my next meeting with my advisor.
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