Hi All! My 9 yr old son has an invention project for school. He wants to make a "machine" that will do your homework for you, do your chores (feed the dog, set the table, etc.), and he wants to be able to play his PSP (Playstation Portable) on it.
Some ideas he has come up with so far include: a box, some silver spray paint, some knobs, and his extra PSP cover attached somehow.
Can anyone think of any other ideas on how to make this? He's not real happy with what he has so far, but neither him nor I possess any creativity whatsoever. Any ideas/help/suggestions are greatly appreciated!
2007-02-22 04:58:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
perhaps the box could have an opening on either end. One end to insert the homework, the other end where the completed homework comes out.
You could do a bulleted list on the computer of all the chores it would do (I would probably limit it to less than 10 for space reasons) Attach this to the face of the box and press Red bulletin board tacks (the ones with the high heads) into the cardboard where the bullets on the list are. This way your son could just push a thumb tack button to indicate what chore the machine should do.
OR: It could have the same list idea with a time indicated as to when the chore should be done. You could get a small, flat, cheap digital clock from the automotive department at Walmart so that the machine knows when the clock says 6:00 then it should set the table, or 7:30am for feeding the dog, etc.
Just an idea! Good luck! I hope he makes an A no matter what he does. :)
2007-02-22 05:13:08 · answer #1 · answered by bradymccormick 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Use 2 paper towel rolls stacked on one another for the homework to pass through after it has been printed.
Use a dog bone as the button to feed the dog.
Use a plastic spoon, fork ands knife tied together as the lever for setting the table.
Write a big P on one side and another facing it (for the eyes) and in between make the top of the S small on top but larger on the bottom (to look like a smile) for the PSP button.
2007-02-22 19:08:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have one of those vacuum cleaners that is round and vacuums on its own, build on that. rumba? roomba?
2007-02-22 05:31:48 · answer #3 · answered by cowgirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋