Major Update

So a few things have changed since the beginning of the week:

Thursday's class really shocked us. Tim went down to the DigiFab Lab and asked about how much it would cost for us to print the form he created... only to find out that it would be $88... for the BOTTOM. The top part would most likely cost the same... so that means ONE complete device would be almost $200. We initally intended to make 3 of these, because in our system there are 3 different "settings" due to the various levels in the library.
We met as a group later that evening for some revisions...
Not only did we decide to make just one as an example of our idea- really three isn't necessary... we can get our point across with one- BUT we also re-designed our form as well. We tried to make it as compact as possible, switching to a flatter, rectangular shape as opposed to a circular, dome shape.
We also ordered some awesome small headlight rings used in cars as our light in the device. We were concerned about the light being more consistently shown versus "dots" of light- which occurred when we tested the higher-intensity LEDs. So that will be fun to play with, hopefully we will use it but if not I know we will figure somthing else out.

YESTERDAY- Tim and I decided a few more things, some pertaining to the form of the housing, and some just kind of for fun.
We went to Lowes to look at some pipes and other things that had to do with interlocking parts, basically looking at how forms can be put together in different ways. We found this really awesome crimped pipe that we are using as the inspiration for how our form will lock together.
example: http://www.lowes.com/pd_181820-42471-940CR-06_0__?productId=3131275&Ntt=crimped+pipe&pl=1&currentURL=%2Fpl__0__s%3FNtt%3Dcrimped%2Bpipe

As another component to our project we really want to design a small pamphlet or poster about being quiet in the library to accompany our device. I think this will be a fun addition to what we will produce and also aid in further understanding of why we chose the topic we did for our social tool.

There were also thoughts about turning our presentation into a performance piece... a recreation of a scenario that our device is intended for.

SO many things to think about... and now down to two weeks. So excited :)