Lazy Dog’s Can

EF 152 Spring, 2017

March 4th, 2017

Team 15

Spencer Mapes, Trent Payne, Abby Newberry, Ellie Jelinek

Marketing Video

Customer Requirements/Product SelectionuTargetAudience

u 2-6yearoldsuRequirements

u Tocreateatoythatisentertaining,informative,andnotdangerous.

uWhy?u AstheSTEMcareershaveanincreasingdemand,childrenhaveaneedtolearnaboutenergyearlierintheirlives.

uHow?uWethoughtabouthowtoreverseawinduptoy.

ConceptualDesignu Why?

uTeachChildrenaboutPotentialvs.KineticEnergy.

uMaterialsu3DPrintCasinguSpringuWeight

Actual DesignuWhy?

u 3DcasingwasnotanoptionuRubberbandwasmoreversatile.

uHow?uCanister(approximatelysamesizeascaddesign).

u Suspendedweightsfromarubberband.

u Stabilizedrubberbandfromeithersideofcanister.

Customer Feedback

u Parent Feedbacku The younger the child the more enjoyable it is. This is

because they are easily distracted and would find something to play with before they went to get it.

u This toy creates less stress for a parent because they are not worried about the cleaning since it is low maintenance.

u Children Feedbacku The tend to enjoy it because the toy comes back to

them and they never had to chase it. You could see the children really provoked on the mechanics of the Lazy Dog’s Can

Customer has four children:10 year old girl8 year old girl4 year old boy3 year old boy

Cost Estimates

Item CostPerItem QuantityofItem

TotalCost

Rubberbands $0.045(2)=$0.09

2000 $90.00

Weight $1.00 1000 $1,000.00

Casing $2.50 1000 $2,500.00

TotalPerUnit $3.59 1000Units $3590.00

Time Estimates

Time (mins)

Devising 185

Developing 195

Report

ØA total of 380 mins were spent on devising and developing our toy, this does not include time for the presentation

ØRetail price will be set at $10.00 to create a large profit margin to offset the initial $3.59 and man hours.

Brief Summary/ Conclusion

uSummaryu Althoughwehadtechnicalerrors,wewereabletoproduceasuccessfulprototypethatreachesover30feetinlength!

uConclusionu Ifgiventhepropertimeandmaterial,wewouldhavefoundawaytobetterproduceamorereliablecanister.

u Thisprototypehasthepotentialtoinspiretoycompaniestobuildtoycarswithaaxelmechanism.