Discussions will hopefully be of a comparative nature and work to draw out some of the differences and similarities between chimpanzee and human cognition in the domains that we'll be covering. Class will meet at one o' clock Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for about an hour. The course would be on the design and prototyping process, with a strong emphisis on innovation and novel ideas. The class will be given information about the range of current commercially available designs. The majority of class time students will work on their own individual design projects.
Students can work together or individually.
Possible skills taught would include sillicon and rubber molding, sewing nylon and leather, riviting, metalwork, plastic work and basic electronics depending on student's intrests. Instructors are male and female. Requires introduction to shop skills taken previously or concurrently. What they are and how they work. Ethan Pinkert is a Division III student in computer science, and has been working with computers for the past 18 years.