Hello again, Last week I promised news about the breadboard, and I am pleased to say, it is now working! After four weeks of endless tinkering, consulting experts, and frying not one but two screens, we finally achieved it. This is such a huge deal because now we can...
Week 3 – Hello new design, goodbye Legos
Hello again, Team Petri-FI has had an exciting week this week. We have a new design, and we’ve completed and tested a prototype, all in the span of two days! But first, we had some challenges. In the last blog post, I talked about creating a breadboard to replace our...
Week 2: Breadboards, Brainstorming, and Buttons
Hello again, It’s been quite a busy week here on Team Petri-FI. Our second week was spent mostly familiarizing ourselves with two previous prototypes. One device is from a previous freshman design team. It consists of a massive thermos with all the electronics stored...
Week 1 – Introducing our problem
Hello everyone! My name is Sara Barker, and I’m a rising senior at Rice University. I’m studying Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Global Health Technologies. This summer, I’m participating in Rice 360’s internship program, where I will be working on developing a...