When we knew our toy would include electricity, we wanted to make sure that the toy would be safe for children to play with. We decided to make most of our wiring inside the blocks so the children could not accidently shock themselves.
With the wiring on the inside, we had to think of an idea that would conduct electricity between the blocks. We decided to use conductive magnets to connect the blocks together.
We decided to create our cubes out of cardboard. The cardboard was laser cut for precision and quality. Each template has three holes the size of the magnets that we used.
After we superglued the magnets in, we put a piece of copper tape that connected all of the magnets together so electricity could flow between one block to the other.
After we double checked every connection, we hotglued the sides together
With the cubes that had an LED and battery connecters, we used copper tape to connect the end of the wire to the magnet. we also hot glued certain parts of the wire to increase the durability of the connection.
Introduction | Material and Preparation | Laser Cutting | Prototype I - Manufacture and Assembly | Final Design - Manufacture and Assembly | Notes
Asa Berg | John Ni | Charles Doomany
Carnegie Mellon University
May 5, 2010