In the last lesson, we further explored the theories of Forced Connections. What it meant and how we could apply the idea of putting two different things together to come up with something which was worth much more and also, more useful.
Given the task to create three different inventions that showed the idea of having forced connections input into it. We worked together as a group to come up with the three different combination of objects to make something even better altogether.
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Truth to be told, it really isn't easy when we first started. We took anything that seemed useful out of our bags onto the table but we just couldn't see how connecting any of them would make something of greater use. I learnt that we really needed the element of "thinking outside the box" to come up with some unique ideas. After much struggle, we managed to get our gears moving.
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Once the ideas started coming together, we began penning down everything that came to our minds and also drew out our ideas as visuals always speaks better. We came up with three different inventions, an Umbrella with a power bank and retractable USB Cable, the combination of a lipstick and a portable perfume bottle and lastly an electronic eraser with the addition of lightbulbs.
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When we were done we put them into powerpoint slides for a group presentation in the next lesson. Below are some parts of our slides.
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I've learnt that the term, Forced Connections knows no boundaries. It could be anything, for anything. The combinations are endless and we could do a lot with this. Things become more useful in one way or another when we combine them, they enhance each other's abilities. It's like getting the best of two objects to work together.
