Unconventional Switch: Tesoro's Date

 

We have gone the artistic route for our switch, and we decided to use a little piggy named Tesoro along with a copper rose to construct our switch. Our idea was to activate the LED when the piggy gets the roses. The roses were the most conductive out of the two and we decided to add a copper top hat, a copper saddle, and a copper tail to the piggy to make him conductive since he is made out of ceramic materials. We wanted the LED to switch on when he got the roses as a final touch for the date he is about to go on. So once the piggy was ready he would get his roses, and then turn on the green LED when he was ready to leave for his date. We really enjoyed taking the artistic route, as this allowed us to get creative with our given materials and make a cute story while completing this assignment. From a design perspective, this switch doesn't have any practical use, however the idea of sending a cute little piggy on a date with his roses was too adorable to not do.

Thank you! 

By: Anna Grant and Karina Vazquez