The project we were designated with was luxury air. The way we went about doing this was pretty simple. We designed a contraption that could create and release pure oxygen in an otherwise oxygen scarce region. This could be a heavily air polluted city, the depths of the ocean, or even on some celestial body. It's luxury because it's a commodity in those designated regions. We also toyed around with the idea of making a 'luxury' version of our project, which would be made from the best materials and rather expensive, along with an inferior 'budget-oriented,' project for more impoverished region, similar to the current situations of smartphones.
           The way our contraption works is pretty simple. Inside a backpack, we have some sort of sealed water reservoir. Through a process known as electrolysis, we split the molecules of the stored water into hydrogen and oxygen, and then can use that oxygen for our 'luxury air.' It would then be funneled by a fan and tubing into a mask, which is designed to be sleek and almost minimalistic. As of right now, our project has no functioning electrolysis, and we have not finished our electric component (the entire thing was supposed to be activated by a face detecting thing on our mask).

The Octo-pocket is an immediate source for emergencies. As it is filled with air and made to work similar to a trampoline. Due to its small size it will be easier to carry around than a mattress or trampoline and when on a larger scale than our prototype could be used in emergencies when people need to get out of danger but are in a higher place such as a building or tree. We may have had struggles with material constraints, and general function problems, so we changed some ideas to fit what we could do. We used an arduino to support the main function with air filled pockets that when connected rotate to expand for use. 

The Squiffer is a tentacle-like structure that is going to help pick up trash out of pools and maybe, with a lot of time and money, will help pick up trash out of oceans. We wanted to make it easier to clean and pick up trash out of pools because, usually, it is a very 

time-consuming process. We used an Arduino and silicone to make our invention. We had a lot of trouble trying to get the Arduino working, but in the end, we figured it out.

Our project will provide an alternative to the sleeves that dog trainers wear, that is smaller, and lighter than the original. This will provide increased comfort and mobility, as well as use inflation to provide an equal amount of protection. 

Initial idea given was the “angler fish night light”.

• Used the three part structure of the angler fish as inspiration. 

• Went from a mechanism that delivers light TO a mechanism with a body and tool at the top

  • Mechanism could have endless applications

  • Used feedback from midway presentations

Improving already existing movement induced systems.

The idea and thought process behind what we made is this would be a rover or similar craft that can pick items up  from the ocean floor or on the ground and bring it back to the user. Using a mold shown on the previous slide, we could simulate the movement of an octopuses tentacle while incorporating the soft robotic aspect. However, we made this robot for underwater, the use of it can go beyond the depths of the ocean. The uses of the soft robotic retrieval mechanism can be used on drones for construction, mining or even cleaning up trash. 

We created a cleaner that parallels the side to side motion and the soft body of the sea slug that can easily reach the hard-to-reach areas in our house. Through using reusable rags like we use on everyday house mops like the Swiffer, the Sea Slug Cleaner will eliminate waste while simultaneously absorbing dust particles through its absorbent covering. The middle made of silicon creates the side-to-side slug motion and incorporates our soft robotics component of the project.