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Playing Games - Coggle Diagram
Playing Games
Sport
Ball
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The only idea I could make for a ball that meets my criteria is a ball that makes use of extremely cheap - potentially recycled materials. However a ball doesn't provide me with many creative options for expansion.
Racket
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Rackets have similar issues to helmets. I would have to take specific measurements such as height, weight and arm length. The material would need to be tough and lightweight - which enters the expensive categories of materials such as aluminium, carbon fibre and willow.
Furthermore, these categories don't provide much freedom for creative expansion (apart from design) without impeding their function. This is all without mentioning that I am unable to carry out some of the manufacturing processes such as metal casting for aluminium.
Protection
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For a helmet, I would have to take specific measurements such as head diameter/ head shape. I would also have to manufacture this item out of a tough, lightweight material such as aluminium or carbon fibre. These can be very expensive and this doesn't fit my sporting criteria.
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Basic sports training board game - 2 or more players, roll the dice, move to the square - have a potential sport punishment - 20 burpees.
This I believe is an excellent idea as it incorporates woodwork (the board itself); metal work - for the figurines and plastic work for the dice. I could also make the board hollow and use a hinge to fold the board in half (store pieces inside of the board.) This could also can also fit in to the low cost criteria instead - (using MDF) as it is a great way to train for free.
Card game - comparing statistics of sports - for example rugby physicality metre would be an 8; higher than football however football would have more fans - Top trumps.
This on paper sounds like a great idea however creating custom cards I don't believe will incorporate many manufacturing processes and is instead repetitive printing and cutting of card. The only potential I see this having is if I manufacture a high quality case to store the cards in.
CRITERIA: If I am making a piece of sporting equipment, I want it to be a development of the original sport (most likely a team sport) into a single player sport. This would be targeted towards poorer audiences who may not be able to afford training but want to become sportsmen and women and so I would be looking at using cheaper materials.
This cost £35 however this is significantly cheaper than paying for a coach or even renting out tennis courts ($15 dollars per hour).
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Board Games
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CRITERIA: If I am making a board game I want the set to be elegant and most likely made of wood - so it has a similar appeal to a chess set or checkers and this would be primarily targeted towards older audiences (who from my experience are more appreciative of nice, high-quality, 'classy' designs) - 50 and older. Make the appeal of high grade materials using veneers.
Other possibilities: Educational chess set for beginners made of plastic that is extremely cheap. Made by melting plastic and putting it into a mould.
I could use high grade woods with great contrast for the pieces such as light oak (white pieces and walnut for the black pieces.)
Video Games
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CRITERIA: I will avoid making a video game related item due to the fact that there is a slim audience (manly teen boys), and a slim range of items that I can produce. Similarly I cannot use characters from existing games (plagiarism) and I would have to create my own character (with a story.)
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Toy
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CRITERIA:Although a toy is quite a broad topic, I want to focus down on toys which focus down on physics principles, such as newtons cradle. I believe such a project can have a lot of challenges to offer and can also provide a satisfying finish. I think this would be good for people who spend a lot of time in front of a desk (students to adults.) This would also encourage interest in physics.
Physics Based toy
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One important note that I wish to include would be an engraving of the law which makes the existence of the toy possible. For example, on the platform of the newtons cradle, I would engrave Isaac Newton's third law of motion (every force has an equal and opposite reaction force.)
Potentially a stand that can hold a piece of fabric and some metal balls which can be placed on the fabric to represent gravity and the fabric of space-time.
Glass block attached to a table with a ray box pointed towards it. Both the ray box and the glass block can be rotated
A fidget spinner which can be retracted or extended while spinning to demonstrate the conservation of angular momentum.
A form of perpetual machine which appears to be 'creating energy', however, this is an optical illusion or has some form of motor. This reminds people of the law of conservation of energy, where energy cannot be created or destroyed.
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Aesthetic: I would want a simplistic design (basic colours and high contrast) as a way to symbolise how quite simply a perpetual motion cannot exist - and no amount of complexity can change that.
Cost: This wouldn't be very expensive to manufacture, a hidden motor, a couple plastic containers with beads and a painted MDF base - low cost because it should be for anyone.
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Safety: Sharp corners would be sanded off to prevent the risk of cutting themselves and the ball shot up would be quite light - it wouldn't majorly hurt someone if it hit them. Would be relatively small and light so if it fell on someone, it wouldn't hurt them.
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Materials: MDF, Metal, Plastic
Manufacture: Laser cut engraving the law into the wood. Metal could be heated and poured into a mould and motor can be simply purchased. Assembled using glue or screws.
