Design Sketches

We have 3 sketches for ideas. The first one is our artificial insect idea, the second is our smart trash can, and our last one is the trash collecting robot. In designing these in our mockups, we started simple and thought of structure. We began with the foundation. Starting with how each one would look…

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Weekly Update #4

Checkpoint 2 3 solutions: Have a “Wall-E” system. Have robots come and “eat” the garbage. They can be programmed to go to certain dump sites where they will form/drop their collected garbage onto a certain spot. Then bigger “Wall-E” can come and take that garbage and destroy it so that it does not just get…

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Weekly Update #3

Possible Engineering-based Solutions to the Sanitation issue in Manila Slums: A machine that can be accessed in public that you can throw your trash away in and then the machine disintegrates the waste For paper/plastic/cardboard items, they can be thrown away and used for composting, that way it could also help the environment A filtration system that can be…

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Weekly Update #2

  Summary: Manila is one of the most populated cities in the Philippines. It is very overpopulated, in fact, with a total population of 1.6 million (Business Insider). There are many squatter settlements as a result of this and this also has an effect on the environment. As the city frequently gets flooded, this is…

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