Force Connection 2

Forced connections

Creating ideas between two disparate items through the solving  problem
It relies on external triggers that causes people to broaden their perspectives which connects between the problem at hand through triggering the brain.

Photo take by: Vivian

Photo taken by Vivian

Class activity 

We're assigned to think of 3 items out if the objects in our belonging by using SCAMPER. From this process, we went thought of seven objects.

Out of the seven objects, we chose 3 objects :

Smart Detector Watch:

It can display time, temperature and also able control temperature by attaching it to the handle. It is also good for people who want to learn cooking or are new to cooking. A force connection between a watch and frying pan. ( the frying pan was brought by William for 3D fundamental class.)

Photo taken by William

Photo taken by William

Photo taken by William

Photo taken by William

SCAMPER

•Substitute leather strap with magnetic or iron clip

•Combine watch and thermometer

•Adapt watch with digital screen

•Modify watch to fit with fry-pan handle

•Put watch as a device to detect temperature and show timer during cooking

•Eliminate clock hands

•Reverse watch to not control time but temperature

Purifying Water Bottle + Hot & Cold Water Control

 It can be used to purify any source of water. 

Photo taken by WIlliam

Red , Black and blue button can set your water hot, cold and room temperature. 

Photo taken by William

Photo taken by William
Solar Cell

Photo taken by William
Can use as cup

Photo taken by William
Removable Purifying Mask

SCAMPER

•Substitute battery power with solar cell and charging port

•Combine water purifier with water bottle

•Adapt water bottle to be able to heat and cool down water

•Modify purifier to fit the water bottle

•Put lid to function as cup

•Eliminate built-in purifier

•Reverse use of mask as purifier

Jacket's hood with Built-in Headphone

Photo taken by William

Can use as temporary storage

Photo taken by William

Photo taken by William

Built-in headphone

Photo taken by William

Ear phone addition for those who’re not comfortable with putting on hood

SCAMPER

•Substitute

•Combine jacket with hood and headphone

•Adapt hood of the jacket to be fold-able and stored inside its own pocket

•Modify headphone to fit into hood

•Put sleeve as screen that connect to your phone

•Eliminate pocket zips

•Reverse pocket not as pocket in the hood but can also store the hood inside the jacket

Force Connection

Force Connection is a way of combining two different object that are unrelated to express a new message.

An example that learn from the class,

Combining plates with a weighing machine

http://www.amazon.com/Prep-Solutions-Progressive-Microwavable-Plates/dp/B0000CF8SU

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http://www.indiamart.com/k3ggenxt/adult-digital-weighing-scales.html

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http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Promotional-Pen-Correction-Tape-Pen_105833890/showimage.html

 The message is trying to convey is "weight awareness".

Case study 1
What do you need when attending a typical lecture?

Answer : Paper, different colour pens, pencil, eraser, correction tape and highlighters.

There are so many answer to the case study and there are also a lot of things to bring to the lecture.
What if you can reduce the items you bring to the lecture.
 

http://davesmechanicalpencils.blogspot.sg/2010/09/staedtler-760-mechanical-pencil-review.html

http://davesmechanicalpencils.blogspot.sg/2010/09/staedtler-760-mechanical-pencil-review.html

Pencil combine with eraser.

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Promotional-Pen-Correction-Tape-Pen_105833890/showimage.html

Two coloured pen combined a correction tape combined together.

http://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/custom-pens/boston-pen-highlighter.htm

Highlighter combined with a pen.

Case Study 2

You are hiking in the forest and you under-estimated the time and realised that you need to camp overnight. However, you did not bring a tent!

-Temperature will drop as the sun set and need something to keep warm. 

Answer :

 Jacket that can be a tent and a sleeping bag

http://www.geekalerts.com/jakpak/

http://www.geekalerts.com/jakpak/

It is stylish and also easy to bring around while hiking. It is also a waterproof jacket, tent and sleeping bag.

We also learn about SCAMPER that can be use through force connection.

http://margdteachingposters.weebly.com/thinking-processes.html

http://www.derekchristensen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/SCAMPER_Creativity_Technique_One_Pager.png

SCAMPER method also help a lot in creating new products. The things around us actually was developed by forced connection. 
Such example is  watches (leather/ metal strap and clock), mechanical pencils (pencil and eraser) and the easiest example is your smartphone)

Analogical thinking Part 2

Nature of Analogical thinking

The benefits of learning analogical thinking as a tool because it helps to experience the interconnectedness of ideas through the difficult concepts.  Through analogical thinking, there will be analogical reasoning. Analogical reasoning is the process where you ask question like " what, why and how?" These thinking and reasoning  will become a skill as we get better practice with it as to enhance output of creative through a great learning.

https://speak2all.wordpress.com/tag/analogical-reasoning/

There were some questions that our lecturer find it a good way to help us better understand analogical thinking. 

The questions were a good way to figure out the relationship given between a sentence that describes the relationship between the first two words. 

I find these questions very interesting as some of the words I had never come across and some of them are brain wrecking.

 Rodents are mammals of " Rodentia"  which are characterized by a single pair of unremittingly growing incisors in their upper and and lower jaws.

The answer was grasshopper because it was saying about the characteristics as honey bee, angel and bat are able to fly. Therefore kangaroo and rabbit is capable of hopping or jumping, so therefore the answer is grasshopper.  

This is stating the name of the things.The Siamese is the breed name of a cat. The Romaine is a name of a king of lettuce. 

The person who treats different things

Stating the characteristics of a person 

Using the synonyms of a same meaning 

Using the characteristics of a person in mannerism 

Using the synonyms of a same meaning 

The songs we hear when it comes for different occasions

Using the Antonyms of an opposite meaning 

The shape of the object that is sharp. The similarities of a palm tree and a porcupine

The problems that people face in the own body.

The result of something that leads to something 

Learning all this help me understand people, things and animals see a bigger picture of things through understanding what each of the things have through personalities, characteristics and looks.

These questions are from "http://www.indiabix.com/logical-reasoning/analogies/ "

Visit to SAM

Homework : Field trip to SAM museum 

Inanimate objects with human characteristics.( Happy, sad, angry, depress, fear , anxiety, confused) 

Photo Taken by : Brenda Chua

Characteristics seen : sad and depress

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Photo taken by : Brenda Chua

 Characteristics seen : Sad and anger

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Photo Taken by : Brenda Chua

 Characteristics seen : Happy, excited, sad

Photo taken By : Brenda Chua

Photo taken by : Brenda Chua

Photo taken By : Brenda Chua

Photo Taken by : Brenda Chua

Characteristics seen : Shock / Fear

Photo Taken by : Brenda Chua

Photo Taken by : Brenda Chua

Characteristics seen : Happy, shock

Photo Taken by : Brenda Chua

Photo Taken by : Brenda Chua

When finding emotions through the picture, it was a little hard when you go to close to the picture and see. However, like people say " step back and see the bigger picture", I finally get what some people were trying to say. When stepping back and turning myself in different angles I soon was able to find many emotions through some of the paintings that was in the art museum.