**February 3, 2012** * Learned about gears * Having the right pressure angle & pitch diameter * Deadline: mechanism drawings due Fri 2/10 * Updated wiki **February 8, 2012** * Group Meeting to Solidify idea for music box * We changed our idea from NYC Subway to Cooper Union tuition * General Layout * Due to the deficit, one building, Foundation or NAB must close * Art and Engineering student duel to determine which school closes * Engineering student wins, so Foundation Building falls * Engineering building falls shortly after since Cooper cannot exist without either * Plan out drawings for music box **February 9, 2012** * Group Meeting to Review and finalize drawings * Drawings will be uploaded * Review movements of mechanisms * Artist and engineer moving in circles close to each other * Buildings will drop at appropriate times with different sized (Pacman?) gears * Bloody head hinging over with string attached * Changing signs/background **February 10, 2012** * Met again to review & rehash our "tuition troubles" concept * New direction: our automata will be displayed as a plea for donations to Cooper Union **February, 13, 2012** * Group Meeting to revise and finalize idea * New idea * Finalized drawings and gear mechanisms (uploaded) **February 22, 2012** * Group meeting to discuss gear mechanism due 2/24 * Prepared SolidWorks file of "Pacman" gear **February 23, 2012** * Group meeting to finalize "Pacman" gear mechanism * Lasercut the pieces and assembled the mechanism (picture uploaded on the main page) **February 29, 2012** * Group meeting to conceptualize and finish "Hat-begging" mechanism