Tower-USB
When I
finished my master I had to do a presentation to present the work that I had
done for my graduation project. Remember the research to the aesthetic
preference to product metaphors? Well It’s kind of normal to give you mentor
and chair a small present as a sign of appreciation, usually this is the normal
to give something like a bottle of wine, or something similar. But I wanted to
give something special, something I had designed during the project itself!
So this is
the USB stick that refers to a castle tower to convey the message of protection
of your data. For the gift I already made a printable file (which was a pain in
the ass BTW!) and I printed them out at the faculty :). And I bought very very
very small USB-sticks to put into these towers. So far so good, expect that I
still needed to finish my presentation and didn’t have any time to work on it
anymore. So in the end I ended up giving the tower and the USB stick separately,
with the promise to finish it after my graduation.
I had one
for myself to make first, as an experiment and then I would make that of my
mentor and chair. But I lost mine, during the time that I moved from my student
room to my parents place. And I searched and searched in all the boxed. But
today, I found it in a very small insignificant box. So this is what I had.
The
USB-stick doesn’t fit at the moment because of it’s large behind (how polite)
but it was easily removed by giving it a bit more space by means of sticking a
screwdriver between the USB part and the black part.
To make the
hinge, I drilled too small holes into the tower, and also carved a little into
the metal part of the USB stick. On that little hole I added solder and
attached a small part of some wire. Then I cut the wire until it is very small
and put it in the tower.
I needed to make more space in the tower at the holes
to make up for the extra solder. Also, the USB stick is a little bigger than I
anticipated, so I needed to make the ‘gate opening’ slightly bigger so it can
turn inwards. So here is the result:
And when
connected.
Next week I’ll
talk about my website, and maybe about some theory?
cheers!
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