Monday, May 28, 2018

Maker Faire Bay Area 2018

The Spartan Superway 2017/2018 Team showcased their final work at Maker Faire Bay Area 2018 over the weekend of May 18th - 20th. Four total projects were operated and shown by their respective teams including the Small-Scale Prototype Team, Full-Scale Prototype Team, Wheelchair Restraint System Team, and the Half-Scale Suspension Team (right to left in Figure 1). Each team's project is shown below with a small caption and figure describing which project it is.
                                   
          Figure 1: Small-Scale, Full-Scale, Wheelchair Restraint, Half-Scale Suspension (starting at the right side moving left) 
Figure 2: Students from the Small-Scale Team explaining their project to Maker Faire attendees
Figure 3: Full-Scale Team performing some last minute adjustments before the gates opened to the general public. 

Figure 4: Superway student Jinhau explaining how the wheelchair restraint system works

Figure 5: A close up of the Small-Scale prototype with curious Makers testing the collision avoidance system

Figure 6: Superway student Tan showing a young Maker how the wheelchair restraint system works

Figure 7: Superway student Joshua showing off his team's Half-Scale suspension system

Figure 8: Superway student Joshua holding down the Half-Scale suspension system in wait for more Makers to arrive 

Saturday, May 19, 2018

The Superway | Daily Planet

Exhibiting this weekend at the annual Maker Faire in San Mateo, the Spartan Superway team is already in the news!



Even though big cities have rideshare programs, buses, and trains, we all know it can still be hard to get to your destination. Enter the Spartan Superway from the engineering students at San Jose University! Daily Planet airs weeknights at 7E/4P only on Discovery Canada!