April 23rd, 2020

Today I focused on looking into how much a Peltier plate would cost me. According to interestingengineering.com, if I bought an electric cooler off Amazon for $20, I could get the Peltier plate. However, after researching online, I found this on eBay for only $3.94. It certainly is way less than $20 so I think I’ll definitely give it a try. I’d also need to get a can of cooking fuel because according to the website, a candle like any other would not hold enough power to charge a phone. I’ll try to order this online as well so it won’t be necessary for me to leave my home. I will be updating on the process of gathering the supplies as the packages come to my house.

April 17th, 2020

For my quarantine senior project I decided that I wanted to make a way to charge my phone with a candle. After further research I realized that I would need to purchase a Peltier device along with some other materials, equaling to about $55 according to this video. I decided that I’d like to look into this, maybe I can build one for much cheaper. I decided to go with this project because we live in Florida, known as hurricane central. I’ve been through a few hurricanes in my life and know how absolutely necessary power is in order to inform family and loved ones that you’re okay. It has happened one too many times that my house didn’t have power for a day or two and we weren’t really able to use anything and we had to be careful about not over using our phones and draining the power. I think this will be a useful project and I look forward to finding out how it’ll work.

March 5th, 2020

I worked on gluing my box, the only part missing is the bottom part of it which I need to purchase in order to measure it. I also need to work on the coordinates for the top of the box in order for it to fit properly, as of now I have the paint ready at home. I should be finishing the box sometime next week or by the end of the quarter.

February 28th, 2020

I began working on my memory box today, began by cutting the wood and sanding it and trying to actually build the box. Building it is a bit harder than I thought. I tried to drill the screws in but the wood wasn't at all stable. I thought about asking my dad to let me borrow some of his wood glue so I could built it with that instead. I also bought some school color paint in order to decorate the box once its actually finished. I look forward to completing this project in the coming days of the following week.

February 7th, 2020

These are the plans I created for my memory box. Although the measurements aren't exact, this is my guide to make the box a reasonable size. I should be finding (or buying if I have to) some wood in order to cut it to these sizes for my box. I want to paint it our school colors which is purple and gold as well as add a paladin on the top (outside of the lid) of the box. The idea is to laser print the paladin unto the lid. More ideas will be added as time goes by. I'm looking forward to beginning this new project.

February 3rd, 2020

This week I'm working on coming up with a plan and measurements for a memory box I want to create for my memories of my 4 years in high school. My idea is to make it out of wood and then use acrylic paint to decorate it. I also want to maybe put a picture on the inside of the lid. The point of this project is to be able to show my kids 20-25 years from now what my high school experience was like. It'd be an even cooler story if I tell my children that I made the box myself. The inspiration for my memory box comes from the following model. However, it won't have hinges, instead it'll just have a lid that can be removed.

January 30th, 2020

I officially finished my stool! Painted and all. At first I wanted to paint the entire stool pink but I found this gold color in narnia (storage closet) and I chose this one instead. I wasn't 100% satisfied with the whole thing being gold so I did some white on the bench. I'm still beyond proud of it even if it doesn't look the best.