users that you can use to improve your solutions or create new ones. I will keep this in mind when I am working on my app for senior project- to make sure that I am having people in my focus group testing out the product so I can work out any kinks and make it the best it can be. 24. “How to Make a Prototype.” Gembah, 19 May 2021, https://gembah.com/blog/how-to-make-a-prototype. This article taught me about how to start creating a physical product prototype. My one product for senior project is a mechanism that will extinguish the candle by itself without the aid of a user having to blow it out. This will be helpful in emergencies when the user is not home or unable to physically blow the candle out themself. I found out from this article that prototypes for a physical product can be done digitally with a 3D modeling program, or from clay or a 3D printer. 25. Scott-Leslie, Devon, et al. “How to Make a Prototype for Your New Product Design.” Cad Crowd, https://www.cadcrowd.com/blog/how-to-make-a-prototype-for-your-new-product-design/. This article talks about the steps in creating a product prototype. To start with, it’s usually a good idea to check how other similar products are made. It might be a good idea to buy an existing product and disassemble it. The next step is to create a sketch of the new product design. Transfer the idea on a paper or CAD. Writing a verbal description is very useful too, especially if you aren’t too artistically inclined. The sketch will also help you think through the physicality of the design. Most people are not particularly good at visualizing three-dimensional objects accurately in our minds. When we start sketching and modeling things, we’re forced to confront some of the physical realities. This, of course, is the lead up to the actual physical prototypes. After reading this article, I have a new interest in CAD and how that works. I will probably only do a 3D mockup in photoshop of my product since I am not an inventor or engineer, but it was interesting to learn about the possibilities out there. 84
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