In March this year, the Design and Innovation Club
participated in the Toy Design Competition 2013 (TDC13) Automata Category.
This annual competition is organized by Singapore
Polytechnic’s School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering and sponsored
by Hewlett-Packard Singapore (Sales) Pte Ltd.
In this competition that was open to all secondary school
students in Singapore, participants were required to construct Automata toys,
consisting of snail cams, pinwheel gears, cranks and pulley system.
23 schools participated and 38 submissions were received.
Despite facing tough competition from the many entries of top schools and with
the standards of the submissions raised, all 3 Henderson’s entries were
shortlisted as the top 15 submissions.
Besides Design and Innovation Club members participating,
students, who are aesthetically inclined, from other CCAs (Band, Choir and
Basketball) are roped in this year to inject a new perspective to this competition.
The students faced a lot of difficulties, as they have no prior experience in
the construction of Automata toys and thus, sacrificed most of their June
holidays working in the workshop. However, they persevered as they are
determined to realize their design for submission.
Their hard work and sacrifice was rewarded when one team
emerged as the champion and the other 2 teams clinched 2 merit awards. The
champion received a $500 HP product voucher, $200 cash and a trophy for the
school. The merit awards each received a $50 HP product voucher and $50 cash.
Champion
Tan Cheng Hian from 1E2
Franklin Elsim Putra from 1E1
Maung Aung Lin from 2E2 (from Basketball)
Ee Boon Siong from 2E2
Muhammad Nur Syafiq B Noorazawa 1N2 (from Band)
Merit Award 1
Mesa Kyle Kristian from 2E1 (from Choir)
Wesley Tan Guan Yew from 2E1
Low Chermaine from 1E2
Teresa Zaw Tun from 1E2
Merit Award 2
Tang Jiaze from 1E2
Danny Lee Hao Jun from 2E2
Yeo Ruo Teng from 1E1
Syed Muhammad Aseel from 2E2
The champion team is featured on Singapore
Polytechnic’s (SP) “SP Buzz” blog, Facebook and Twitter website. Please feel free to take a
look via the links below.
