Akane Moriyama : The Flying Jellyfish

The Flying Jellyfish

Guy - Supavitch Kugasemrat

Job - Sisilpa Srisukson

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Concept

Starting from the collage, our ideas are visualized and define. 

Guy

Movement create by wind, movable kite structure

Job

Design based on animals. Biomimicry

This lead to the decision of making a "movable kite that mimics animal movement"

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(Presentation Board)

Key:

1: Concept Collage | 2: Idea Sketches | 3: Spinning Mechanism Prototype | 4: Movement Visualizer Prototype | 5: Retract Mechanism Prototype | 6: Kite Textile Prototype 1&2 | 7: Kite Prototype|

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(Mechanism of the Kite)

After finalizing our ideas, starting from sketching we were inspired by the movement of jellyfishes. This lead us to the decision of using a mechanism that will mimic that movement. The theory was to use the propeller in the middle as an energy source. It will power up the mechanism to push and pull the membrane that will visualize the movement of a jellyfish.

By using the principle of the flat-six engine, we were able to create the movement that we want.

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However, the kite did not fly. The problem might came from the material we used, Paper. 

It makes the kite too heavy and it is not rigid enough for it to clash with the wind. 

The mechanism also does not work as intended due to the gear having too many teeth.