This project is centered around creating "something" that interacts with the environment. This "something" is left to our imagination and contains very few guidelines or constrains. Other than a necessary interaction with the environment, the end result of the project must have at least one 3-D printed part.
Our project, Soaring Sweets, will be based off of a common food trick. Many children, as well as adults, enjoy challenging each other to catch pieces of food in their mouths by tossing them in the air. Our project is aimed at taking this challenge one step further. Rather than tossing a piece of food in the air, we aim to launch that piece of food from a cannon. To use our project well, you will need a general understanding of projectile motion principles that will govern the flight path of the piece of food. Growing up, the most common food items used for this from our experiences were popcorn, M&M's, and Goldfish. In order to combine both appeal and an item heavy enough to follow a steady flight path we are going to be using M&M's.
