Before I start I know that we do not have a finished innovation. But that does not mean that our group did not do any work.
Summary,
Our experience was a bumpy ride to say the least. We overthought our first idea but the problem was that we took so long working on it. We originally wanted to 3D print our shell for the flashlight, but after doing a lot of research about how we could find one or how to use them we decided to change our approach. We wanted to buy materials to make the flashlight. But we did not want to spend any money on this and it was too late to ask Mr. Robinson for materials. So we decided to use a few recycled flashlights and we put together a flashlight that is battery powered. This is the area that we did not complete. We could not attach a crank on the bottom of our flashlight. We did not know how to hook the crank up in a way that would produce electricity and deliver it to the battery. If we did not take part in the hunt of materials we would probably have a finished working innovation.
What we learned,
I think that I have learned a lot of things in the CBL unit. Like to not waist your time on 3D printers or to not overthink things. But seriously I like I have learned a lot. I learned that Uganda has light poverty, how they are trying to redevelop the city, that they eat KFC (sorry I had to include that). I also there was more I learned about Uganda but I think I covered the important things. There are also somethings I noticed near the end of the project like how we were talking to the higher class in Uganda. I couldn’t help thinking what would the lower class life be like. So I did some research and I found some good news. That the poverty line has declined to 19%.
Debrief,
I think this project went well even if we did not finish our innovation. We did do a lot of work even if it did not show.