- #7 Silicone Casting Blog: Design Your Own Mold
- Design an original/variation mold concept
- Can be digitally designed or physically designed
- 3D modeled/printed, Laser Cut, Cardboard
- Simple or as complex as you like
- Try to use less than 100g of silicone to conserve materials for classmates
- Make a test cast
- Photograph your finished mold and cast and write up a “lessons-learned” statement on your blog
- Email your link and bring your physical prototype to class
- #8 Make Quad Chart of Final Project 1st Idea Proposal
- Optional Reading: Soft Robotics Commercialization: Jamming Grippers from Research to Product
- http://bit.ly/softrobot-commercializationcasestudy
- Rare technical Case-Study on hardware start-up (and ultimate closing)
