As Annie’s intern she gave me the opportunity to work with the original “AspiraMolde”. It all started with the Silicone which was probably the most tedious part of the project because, a lot of it was gluing pieces of silicone together and then waiting for it to dry. Then, the next step was taking the now cylindrical silicone and screwing/gluing it to the lid of the bucket. Annie had done this once (see FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2012 The Lid) it wasn’t too hard. It required some strength and patience(what most of the project required). Next, I moved to the inside of the bucket. The vacuum pump was still attached to the bottom of the bucket. All I had to do was attach a nebulizer to the top of a baby bottle( to act as a hose), attach a plastic bag (to hold the coffee), and then wrap the end of the plastic bag around the bucket to keep it airtight and in place. Simple, huh?Once everything was in place and assembled we poured the coffee grinds into the plastic bag, put the lid on, and turned on the vacuum pump.
It wasn’t perfect,not at all a final prototype (wrinkles showed in the silicone and it wasn’t as solid as we wanted), but it represented the concept of what we wanted. We were able to see what it looked like and if Annie should continued with the approach. Was the concept valid?
As a highschool student it taught me a lot. Patience and how to never give giving into being discouraged, To always try again and again, and a bunch more.
It wasn’t perfect,not at all a final prototype (wrinkles showed in the silicone and it wasn’t as solid as we wanted), but it represented the concept of what we wanted. We were able to see what it looked like and if Annie should continued with the approach. Was the concept valid?
As a highschool student it taught me a lot. Patience and how to never give giving into being discouraged, To always try again and again, and a bunch more.
-Caitlin
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