| Green Acres : April 12, 2001 |
===Problem===
Our mission is to design a packaging that meets the following criteria:
1. Protect the eggs dropping from 5 ft on the ground
2. Allow the eggs to be sold in groups of three
3. Minimize cost
4. Minimize environmental impact
5. Appeal aesthetically to Green Acre's customers
===Solution===
When I was making the solution, I was first thought about how to minimize environmental
impact. Then I decided to use materials that can be recycled, so my solution
was made out of cardboard, and some cotton balls. The packaging I made was in
a shape of pyramid. Inside, there are separators to separate the eggs from each
other. And finally I taped the cotton balls on the outsides of the pyramid to
help reducing the force when it hits the ground (It would make it bounce instead
of one big sudden stop)
===Picture===
===Things
I learn===
1. After I watched other
people's presentation, I realized that I should think more about materials to
be used. When I was thinking about minimizing the environmental impact, all
materials I could think of are cardboard, cotton balls, papers and so on. But
I didn't think that things like air bags also reusable and it also seems to
work very well.
2. I actually got the pyramid design from a website. It was suppose to be a
very good holder for one egg so I thought it might also work well with 3 eggs.
But after hours of work and after everything's done, I realized that it would
be symmetric to fit 3 eggs in the pyramid. So this could be a lesson for me
that whenever I want to make a design based on something, I should be more insightful
and be wise to adapt it properly to my own case.
3. I tested my prototype with one egg and it worked. But it did not work very
well with three eggs when I performed it in class. So I learn that when I want
to test the prototype, I should set everything as the real situation, so I can
see how it really functions.