Design Studio – Talent Presentation

Hello!

In this blog post I will be talking about how we shared our expertise in a certain area with the rest of our Design Studio class. We did this to learn about each other and to learn about each other’s interests. The lessons that we gave each other were mostly interactive, and ranged from dance stretching to drawing anime. It was great to have a variety in what we were learning, as it showed our diversity, which can be utilized in our projects throughout the year.

In my presentation, I talked about the laws of thermodynamics, and the difference between AC power and DC power. AC, or alternating current, power is the type of power that gets transmitted over power lines on streets. DC, or direct current, power is the type of power that most appliances and devices run off of. I explained the fight between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla, Edison creating DC and Tesla creating AC. I then went over voltage, current, resistance, and even three phase power.

Here is a slide from my presentation:

I also went over how resistance through an object affects the current through an object, which is why touching the leads on a car battery would not hurt a person. Even though it is roughly 2000 amps at 12.6 volts, its true current, taking human resistance into account, would only be 0.0000157777778 amps, when 0.1-0.2 amps would be lethal.

Here is the slide for the car battery example:

Finally, I talked about some of the myths involving electricity, including the fact that a lot of people think that it’s the current that kills, when in fact current cannot travel without voltage, meaning that it’s the combination of voltage and current that kills.

Here is the slide for that:

If you are interested in reading the rest of my presentation, click the link below to view it on Google Slides.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gnDhB3mMV37J5CSTsCozzUbPwMkhMfPAnyBFgcrFi7Y/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks,

I hope you enjoyed this blog post!

-Graham