Standing the pressure

Surprisingly our foam board model in the back of the class with stood the weight of a mac book air.  Today Fletcher Freeman constructed the foam board model of the desk suspension system with the parts in the picture below me and landon compiled stats of how well the model held up.  It was able to hold up the full weight of the laptop with out falling.  There is a picture of the built model on Fletcher Freeman’s blog.  Landon Scott has a design review on his blog.  Next week we will bring together some supplies to start building the final desk.  My blog should have some pictures of the work next week along with the description in full detail.  Fletcher will have us bring in more foam board to construct other designs and have a better scientific description.  The laptop will be suspended off of the desk by 8 inches and can slide back and forth and side to side.  The desk should be made of wood and be able to hold up cables, the laptop, and a few pens or pencil.