Thursday, September 16, 2010

Puzzle Cube Challenge

The problem that I had to solve was that we had to construct a product with the scraps that the furniture throws away because the company is losing money. The given constrains of the problem were the puzzle must be fabricated from 27, 3/4" hardwood cubes, puzzle system must contain exactly five puzzle pieces, each individual puzzle piece must consist of at least three, but no more than six hardwood cubes that are permanently attached to each other.
In order to solve the problem first I had to brainstorm some ideas and examples for the product. Then, I had to draw sketches of the product on a paper. Finally, I had to construct the product and build it together.
What I really liked about the project was that we got to work with a partner and also construct the product. One thing that I would change about the project would be that the cubes should be a larger size. Finally, the most challenging thing that I had to do in this project was to construct five pieces with no more than six pieces.