Monday, March 2, 2009

221CR - Group Project

Our project was to come up with a fire escape solution for a building in the university. It had to make use of technology and be implementable in the building. At first our group struggled with ideas so in order to get things going Vijay suggested that we write any ideas that we can think of down on paper and not dismiss any, however far-fetched they sound.

I then went and did some research on Google and that was where I first found the idea for broadband sound. I noted this down and the link to the site, because I thought it might come in handy (as it did in the end). Our list was quite strange at first, with things like Holograms and Robots on it.

We then decided to arrange meetings in the library whiteboard rooms that you have to book out, so we could get our ideas together and decide on a system. This took longer than expected because we couldn't decide how it would fit altogether. We carried on with these meetings every week, kept minutes of them and carried on our research. Vijay then allocated tasks for all of us and the project began to take shape. I found that LED strip lights were the best to use along with the directional sound, as they are simple to fit in buildings and are quite bright. Vijay began to mock up the poster and Ben began to make a prototype system. We decided halfway through that we weren't happy with the poster design and let Ben take control of it. James Howe decided to take control of the website, Steven did the work for the monitoring software and Vijay focused on the sound/sensors aspect.

I carried on with the lights work, finding out the specifications and how exactly they would fit in with the rest of the system. I wasn't sure how the system would all fit together but somehow it did as the work was nearing completion. We then printed out the poster and got our materials ready for poster show day. I created some informative mini-posters that showed all the information of the lights and these went around the outside of the main poster. Vijay did the same for sound and the website, broadband sound video and system prototype were displayed on laptops on the desk. I think that the poster show went well but Pete Every had some probing questions about the directional sound which we answered as best as we could. We got a decent mark in the end that everyone was happy with.

I am pleased with the hard work and contributions made by everyone in the group to make a successful project solution.

World War Two Short Story

Introduction

I am a soldier in Second World War. We are fighting the German Troops in a war-torn area in Southern Germany. We are locked in a Gunfight that is occurring across some deep-dug trenches. We are pinned down by the enemies and supplies are short. To make matters worse there is a German Tank coming into view from the left of the two derelict buildings. We have to think of a tactic to take out this tank and the enemy troops. We decide that entering one of the derelict buildings on the right and getting a vantage point on them is the only way to win the battle. One of my fellow soldiers throws a Smoke Grenade into the no mans land and I run off into the building with a soldier carrying a rocket launcher and another soldier.

Main

We run up the stairs in the derelict building that we ran into. The soldier carrying the rocket launcher sags under the weight of the weapon. We have to help him get up the stairs to the top floor (of how much of it is left) where there are mounted machine guns to use. We have to avoid shots fired from the tank and the enemy troops. The soldier with the rocket launcher sets it up on the stand and hoists it over to the edge by the machine guns so he can get a shot at the tank and the enemy soldiers. He loads a rocket into it while me and the other soldier fire rounds to keep the enemy at bay. The tank then starts firing at the soldiers on the ground and they retreat behind a wall. It then fires a rocket at us which narrowly misses us but hits the building, causing massive damage. The soldier with the rocket launcher then fires at the tank and hits it on the side panel. This shot takes out the machine gunner on the tank but it is still moving. It fires a rocket at the wall that the soldiers on the ground are hiding behind. This totally destroys the wall but the soldier with the rocket launcher loads another rocket into the weapon and fires it at the tank, totally destroying it this time. We pick off the last of the enemy soldiers on the ground and then regroup with them. The sergeant then receives a call from another regiment saying that we are needed elsewhere.

End

We know that this little battle won is a small step to winning the war, but we have to visit a safe area, get patched up, re-stock on ammo and head out to another battle with the Nazi Troops.

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Monday, March 2, 2009

221CR - Group Project

World War Two Short Story

Introduction

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