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Reflection

Reflecting on the project, we would have loved to have started experimenting with different types of insulation a little bit sooner-- but...

Final run!

To show our finished product to the class, we cooked some quinoa using our Prototype #2. We wrapped the pot and nesting pot with cotton...

Cooking rice.

After our success cooking mashed potatoes, we were eager to cook some rice. In the initial thirty minutes, we noticed that our...

Testing With Prototype #2

Our first test with the Prototype #2 was a success. We conducted this during lab, boiling water and cooking instant mashed potatoes so...

Solder Wires

The plugs of the solar panel and the wires connected to our diode chain need to be attached somehow. Early in our prototyping stage for...

Adding Insulation

When cooking with Prototype #1, we had a hard time maintaining heat in the pot. We tried to cook rice, but due to weather conditions we...

Beginning Prototype 2.

After creating our initial design, we were ready to create a second, improved prototype. One of the problems we decided to address was...

Adding thermal couples.

Since creating the skeletal designs of our initial and final prototypes, we have created and added thermal couples to both designs....

Initial steps.

By our second week of lab, we had completed our first prototype. The completed initial design has the diode chain sealed over the bottom...

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