Assignment 2 : Geodesic Dome, 1100-1700, 22nd September 2010

This is the link to my group blog.
http://gtcfloatingufo.blogspot.com/

Assignment 2 : Geodesic Dome, 28 July 2010, 1000-1300

The second task for me is to produce a Geodesic Dome. We are required to check the dome calculator before start our mission. My intention is using 2V to build my dome with 5cm as radius which is my action. It consists of two different length of bamboo satay sticks which are 3.090cm and 2.732cm. I needed 35 pieces and 30 pieces of bamboo satay sticks of 3.090cm and 2.732cm respectively. There are 10 4-ways connections, 6 5-ways connections and 10 6-ways connections in my product.

This is the picture when we discuss how to connect the bamboo satay sticks so that it can form a dome.

After our discussion, I have started to do the dome in my room. This picture shows the base of the dome.

This is the second layer of the dome.

This picture shows the cover of the dome and it is completed after paste the cover on the processing product.

This picture shows the final product.

At the end of the class, i know that to build a dome model is very easy and the key is we need patience to plaster the bamboo satay stick together. As a conclusion, the people in the assignment is me, the principle is to follow the dome calculator and the place is in my room.

Assignment 1 : Virtual Construction, 14th July 2010,1000-1300

This is my first assignment for RAG 132. The assignment given is done by blogging which is new for me. The lecturer name is Ar Wan Burhanuddin bin Wan Abidin.

My job is to take some photo from my hometown and then explain it with the 6 elements which is intention, act, product, people, principle and place. I have call my friends to help me since i am not able to go back to my hometown before the September holiday.

(picture is sponsor by a friends name Soh Leng Sin)

This is my town names Segamat. I can look a blue shirt people walking to Bank Simpanan Nasional, in my opinion, that particular person is going toward ATM machine to withdraw money because she just park her motor in front of the ATM machine which is not a parking slot. Therefore I can conclude that:

• Intention - money withdrawing from ATM machine
• Act        - going to the ATM machine of BSN
• Product - money collected from the ATM machine
• People   - the blue shirt person
• Principle - an ATM card of the people and log in password of the ATM card
• Place      - BSN, Segamat.

(picture is sponsor by a friends name Ng Boon Kin)

This is another side of my hometown. I get this photo with the help of a best friend. From the photo, i see a car seeking for a parking slot which showing the intention of the driver. After that the driver is preparing to park into the slot found which shows an act. The people i think from the picture is the driver.

At the end of the class, I have learnt some of the words and different ways of viewing our beautiful earth.

The words that being though by lecturer are

1. altruism - there is no true and false
2. cynicism - all false
3. relativism - all true
4. chauvinism - some part is true and another part are false

The earth view that i learn are

1. Eurocentric view
2. Pacifist view
3. Dymaxion view

This is a meaningful class that i learnt a lot of things.