The Task:
Your family needs to build several different machines and
each prospector in your family is responsible for their own
device or machine. It is to be built to scale.
You need:
A) mechanized, hydraulic, or electrical arm:
(were electricity and/or batteries around in 1898?) to lift
a pile of food and supplies over the Chilkoot Pass and deposit
them safely on the other side of the pass.
B) extension ladder device: that will allow
you to walk OVER the rapids and reach the other side safely;
C) hydraulic, mechanized, and/or electrical digger that will reach deep into mine, scoop up some mud and ore,
and deposit it into the sluice.
D) hydraulic, mechanical or electrical sluice:
(sorter) to separate the gold dust and nuggets from the ore
and mud that you have dug out of your mine.
These prototypes must work efficiently, in all weather,
and be maintained easily in the location where they are needed.
They are to be built properly to scale so that if you strike
it rich you can sell your designs to other prospectors. You
need to keep an accurate account of the individual expenses
of each prototype. Keep your prototype ergonomically sound,
aesthetically pleasing, effective, and functional. Like the
future Bon Jovi will say, “Plan for the future but
do it in pencil.” |
