Inspired by David Hofos' diorama installations at the MOCCA, we decided to incorporate our DC motors into a miniature winter wonderland. Based on the requirements, our project (from what is visible) is 100% made out different types of paper (cardboard, tissue paper, transparencies, regular paper, construction paper, paper towel andwax paper). We created the skater's movement by attaching a magnet to the bottom of the skater which corresponded with another magnet underneath the rink. This corresponding magnet was attached to the edge of a blank CD which spun with the help of a DC motor (therefore creating a circular "track" for the skater to skate on).
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We were also feeling a bit ambitious and tried to incorporate a second motor which would blow snow around in the scene. We attached a little plastic fan to the motor and placed it at the top of the box. We noticed that by leaving the little bits of snow just lying around on the floor of the box, the fan was not able to pick them up and blow them all around (they just sort of kept lightly scattering). So we incorporated a funnel right beside the motor, where we could manually drop snow into. It didn't work as well as we thought... and here's the conclusion:
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