My goal by the end of the year is to have a patent for the signs and to have signs manufactured already. I will hopefully be in the middle of advertising for sales to potential cities who would be buying the signs. Ideally, the sign would be in the review process to be included in the California Road Signs handbook for the year 2014 (we would be too late to be included in the 2013 handbook).
My goal this week is to begin making a pro/con list of potential designs and attempt to map out flaws in each idea.
I have had a busy last two weeks. My mentor has called sign manufacturers and has made an order of road signs. NOTE: When I say "signs" in this case I only mean literally the stop signs, not the entire sign that goes on the road. The shipment should arrive by Thursday or Friday at the latest. When the shipment arrives, we will be able to experiment with different designs and get a better idea of how the entire road signs will function best. I will be sure to post pictures of this first shipment of signs!
So, the next few steps involve the design process exclusively as we begin making tangible progress on the project. We will be working with the signs themselves and will have the opportunity to construct a prototype soon as we also have shipments of potential fastening devices and basic forms of what will be holding up the sign. Again, I will be sure to include pictures of the project as it begins to take form. It is quite difficult to describe what we are creating because there is still so much to be figured out, and I am sure it is nearly impossible to get a good idea of exactly what I am working on! All of this confusion will be cleared up soon when I can post some pictures!
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