Joseph Yoshimura

15 posts

Progress Update Useless Box (for week 14)

April 29, 2016

After getting all the coding and electronics done, the next step was to get the box created. This week, exactly that was done. In order to do this a number of steps had to be taken. First, the complete design had to be created. I started with an overall hand sketch so I could have a…

Useless Box Final Project Report Part 2

April 26, 2016

Joseph Yoshimura

Student Work

Blog: Final Project Report Continued: Why and What next? Reflection on the semester. Compare your original project intent to what you ended up with. How did the public react? What did you learn from your project, and from the class? What will you do next with the project? What do you wish you had done…

Joseph Yoshimura, Useless Box, What and How (Final Report 1)

April 21, 2016

Joseph Yoshimura

Student Work

Introduction For those of you who have never heard of a useless box (I didn’t know the name of it before this project), the useless box is primarily a desk toy. It can provide brief periods of entertainment and for those who see it for the first time it can spark curiosity. All that it…

Update Joseph Yoshimura- Useless Box (For Week 13)

April 18, 2016

Joseph Yoshimura

Student Work, Update Weds April 13 2016, Update Weds April 6 2016

Hello all, I doubt that anyone has been following my progress with a great deal of anticipation and attention, but if there is anyone that has been doing so, I apologize for not posting more updates the past few weeks. I have been making progress, but it has been very very slow. However, I do feel…

Useless Box Inspiration! (Impact of 20th Century Design Movements)

March 31, 2016

Joseph Yoshimura

Impact of 20th Century design movements plus update Weds March 30 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

As mentioned in previous posts, the aesthetic that I am going for is a simple yet futuristic look. I want to give the appearance that there is a small robot inside the box, which acts as his house. This was primarily inspired by the two movies; star wars and Wall-e as well as oscar from…

Aesthetics Game from March 7th – Jellyfish/Recliner Chair

March 30, 2016

Joseph Yoshimura

Aesthetics Game 2016, Student Work

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Useless Box Progress (Design Fabrication Timeline)

March 16, 2016

Joseph Yoshimura

Student Work

So far on this project, I am on pace to finish at the same time as I originally planned to. However, from class I discovered that I should most likely finish much faster than I had planned and should be farther ahead than I am right now. Currently, I have not physically made any completed…

Joe Yoshimura’s Constraints

March 10, 2016

Joseph Yoshimura

Student Work, Top 5 Constraints 2016, ZZ 2016

Going into the final project of the semester I am looking forward to seeing what I am able to accomplish. However, while trying to do so, there will be a number of constraints. The top five constraints I have are as follows: Electrical Components- I have nearly no experience in electronics besides my circuits class…

Useless Joe’s Useless Box (Design Review Report)

March 2, 2016

Joseph Yoshimura

Main Project Design Review 2016, Student Work

For my project I want to make something that I recently found out is called a useless box. What it is is a box that has a switch on top of it. When this switch is flipped a “creature” will flip the switch off and go back to hiding in the box. I’m sure that…

Inspirations for Joe’s Project

February 24, 2016

Joseph Yoshimura

Main Project Inspirations 2016, Student Work

For my final project I wanted to do something fun and interactive. In one of my previous posts I had mentioned that I greatly enjoy playing sports. One “sport” in particular that I enjoy is dodgeball. Because of this, my first idea was to create one of two things. The first things being a dodgeball…

Joe Yoshimura – Aspirations

February 16, 2016

Joseph Yoshimura

Aspirations 2016

Although many others in this class will be graduating this semester with either their bachelors and or their masters degree, I will actually still have another year to go. However, I am still excited to complete this semester and enter into graduate school. This semester so far is my most intensive semester in my college…

The Skills of Joseph Yoshimura

February 9, 2016

Joseph Yoshimura

Skill Sets 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

As a mechanical engineer, I have many of the same skills as others in this class. These are some of skills that I have gained in the mechanical engineering department: Machining/Testing Experience I have worked on many projects in the machine shop using the Mill, Lathe, Grinding, CNC, and Laser Cutter. In addition, I worked in…

Decorative Book Storage (Upcycle Completed Report)

February 3, 2016

Joseph Yoshimura

Student Work, Upcycle Project Report 2016, ZZ 2016

Inspiration For this up-cycle project I took old books and made them into decorative storage. My inspiration for this is from a product that I had when I was about 8 years old. It was a book-safe that had the appearance of a book, but also allowed for storing valuables. The first few pages were…

Using Books for Storage (Upcyle Progress)

January 24, 2016

Joseph Yoshimura

Student Work, Upcycle Progress 2016, ZZ 2016

For my up-cycle project, I plan on using old books as a form of decorative storage. When I was younger I used to have something called a book-safe that had the appearance of a book, but acted as a safe. It only had a couple of pages and the rest of it was a hollow…

Aesthetics of Michael Bay Films

January 19, 2016

Joseph Yoshimura

Aesthetic Explorations 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

Although I am not a film expert or critic of any sort, one Aesthetic that I found particularly interesting was the general feel and aesthetic of Michael Bay films. His films are most commonly exemplified by having direct storylines, a great deal of action, comp lex technical features, and explosions. Lot’s of lot’s of explosions. In addition,…