Hypeosaur

Hype curve visualization "art"

Art

Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike

Commercial use is not allowed, you must attribute the creator, you may remix this work and the remixed work should be made available under this license.

Learn more or download attribution tags

Description

Just in time for XMas. Offer a gift to your geeky boss or partner !

The hypeosaur allows visualizing hypecycle elements [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle]. Creating this thing needs a laser cutter. With some extra work, it also should be 3D printable (e.g. use OpenScad to extrude from the SVG).

Hypeosaurs are hybrids from supersaurus (long necks, flower eating) and theropods (bi-pedal, people eating). The drawing was made from various Wikipedia pictures.

Essential files:
* hypeosaure-lasercut-model.svg - The hypeosaur - 5mm material required
* stabilizer.svg - to stabilize, push into the feet from the bottom (and other places if you like) - 3mm material required (else it won't fit)
* hype-label.svg - hype element (add text to it)- 3mm material

Extra files:
* .prep files allow tuning sizes and other stuff
* .set files include label sets, label-umn-edutech-set.svg includes all elements from http://hypecycle.umn.edu/ 2016 edition.

To create your own labels, we suggest editing label-empty-set.svg. We used the Verdana font and size of 9 or 10. Make sure that the lettering is either black or full blue or both (else change the settings in your laser print driver)

Instead of creating two hypeosaurs, you also could use a single one. This is why the labels also have an inset in the middle. Also notice that the mouth of one can bite the tail of another, reflecting the fact that Gartner's hype cycle model is not always accurate. In particular in education, it takes several 10-15 year cycles to get something going....

Materials and methods

The hypeosaur can be made with a laser cutter.

Materials (Plywood, MDF, etc. also can do)
* 5mm Plexiglas for the hypeosaur
* 3mm Plexiglas for the labels and support elements

Settings for the Trotec 100R 50W (adapt if you use another material)
* 5mm cutting (red): power = 100%, speed = 0.8, 4000Hz
* 3mm cutting (red): power = 100%, speed = 1, 4000Hz
* engraving (blue and black): power = 100%, speed = 50, DPI = 500

The drawing of the Hypeosaur was made in Inkscape by combining elements from 2-3 different Wikipedia drawings plus some envelope editing

Casings for the labels were made with the Generate from Path-> Scatter extensions (read https://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Using_Inkscape_for_laser_cutting#Working_with_patterns for details).

Documents

  • Placeholder
    Hype Label
    SVG  β€“  2.6 kb
    Version 1 - Dec 22, 2016
  • Placeholder
    Hype Label Prep Els
    SVG  β€“  3.5 kb
    Version 1 - Dec 22, 2016
  • Placeholder
    Hypeosaure Lasercut Model
    SVG  β€“  40 kb
    Version 1 - Dec 22, 2016
  • Placeholder
    Hypeosaure Lasercut Model X2
    SVG  β€“  63 kb
    Version 1 - Dec 22, 2016
  • Placeholder
    Hypeosaure Prep Els 1
    SVG  β€“  29 kb
    Version 1 - Dec 22, 2016
  • Placeholder
    Hypeosaure Prep Els 2
    SVG  β€“  32 kb
    Version 1 - Dec 22, 2016
  • Placeholder
    Hypeosaure Prep Els 3
    SVG  β€“  69 kb
    Version 1 - Dec 22, 2016
  • Placeholder
    Label Edutech Set
    SVG  β€“  36 kb
    Version 1 - Dec 22, 2016
  • Placeholder
    Label Empty Set
    SVG  β€“  16 kb
    Version 1 - Dec 22, 2016
  • Placeholder
    Label Small Umn Edutech Set
    SVG  β€“  78 kb
    Version 1 - Dec 22, 2016
  • Placeholder
    Stabilizer
    SVG  β€“  2.6 kb
    Version 1 - Dec 22, 2016
  • Placeholder
    Stabilizer Prep Elements
    SVG  β€“  3.5 kb
    Version 1 - Dec 22, 2016
  • Placeholder
    Test Cut 3mm
    SVG  β€“  3 kb
    Version 1 - Dec 22, 2016

Issues

Issues are used to track todos, bugs or requests. To get started, you could create an issue.

Comments

Fd85a456eb3e97d524fc56bfe2f8a792?default=blank&size=40Daniel K. Schneider published this design ago