Extreme Engineering

Use Case: simulate microphone configuration for purposes of practicing guitar/vocals with microphone in front of face.

System Diagram

Component functions to be described in the following section.

Components

Component: Incense stick
Function: Simulate microphone

Component: Pen, tied to golf club with broken, not-being-used headphones

Function: Ability to rotate pen, thus adjusting height and angle of attached incense (see above)

Benefit: Increased customizability; ergonomic advantage

Component: Textbooks ('Physics for Scientists and Engineers'; 'Probability and Statistics for Engineers & Scientists'; 'Operations Research'; '1001 Essential Family Favorites')

Engineering Function: Increase height of music instruction manual 

Benefit: Improve operator's ability to read instruction manual

Component: Pitching wedge, Tuck Tape

Engineering Function: Microphone stand

Benefit: Accurate simulation of microphone stand

Component: Swively chair

Engineering Function: Maximization of swiviliness

Benefit: Increased customizability; ergonomic advantage 

Component: Hand
Engineering Function: Curling action of phalanges creates force necessary to alter sound frequency
Benefit: Music sound good

Future improvements to include second apparatus at higher level to allow operator to alternate between sitting and standing positions; lighting mechanism on incense stick to improve system odour; replace pitching wedge with 3 iron to increase range of apparatus; bionic hand to decrease hand fatigue.

ENGINEERING