Day 1
Team: Scott and Joel
Country: Spain
Problem Definition - An egg is a very fragile object. The slightest drop can crack or break an egg in an instant. As an engineering team from Spain, Joel and I need to create a catching apparatus for some wealthy chicken farmers. It is important that in order not to waste money we shall only use tape and one hundred bendy straws.
It is very important to have the following in mind...
- Survivability of the egg
- Durability of the catching apparatus
- Height of egg at drop
- Speed of egg at free fall
Joel and I have brainstormed different kinds of approaches to this problem and we have concluded that if we created a structure that collapsed when the egg fell into it and could be reused that it would be the best solution. If the structure could collapse and absorb the energy from the egg we think that it would successfully protect the egg.
We are going to expand on this design further and make any adjustments needed.
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