the vinci box - engineering fundamentals program · 2017-04-06 · the vinci box ancient works...
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The Vinci BoxAncient Works
Design by Jackson Wilt, Roscoe Beitel, and Jacob Birdwell
EF 152 Spring 2017
4/7/2017
Team #18
Target Customer
✣ This puzzle would be available to children of any gender and all
ages. More than likely this will be targeted to children in their
teens.
✣ The targeted market will also be to those who are curious about
puzzles.
✣ Because of the puzzle’s simple yet difficult solution, it became a
primary idea for our toy.
Conceptual Design❖ Leonardo da Vinci
➢ created a ball bearing puzzle
➢ 2 balls on opposite sides❖ Our initial design
➢ 4 balls➢ Open, circular playing
field
Actual Design
Customer Feedback and Results
✣ TA⨳ “I never thought of
that!”✣ 3 students
⨳ “Wow that was cool!”
✣ 5 year-old⨳ Could not solve it.
✣ Center piece split by screw due to it being brittle particle board.⨳ Can be replaced
with wood.✣ Due to the 5 year-old
that couldn’t solve it, we bumped up the age level to 10 year-olds and up.
Cost and Time Estimates
Prototyping cost: $6.35
For 1000 units: $6350
Retail price: $11.99
Profit for 1000 units =$5640
Took approximately 37.5 man-hrs to make the prototype.
Conclusion
✣ Puzzle was very successful for it’s purpose.⨳ TA and all students agreed it was worth playing.
✣ However our age group had to be bumped upwards due to difficulty.
✣ Puzzle can be improved by replacing the center piece with another material.