Motor Powered Wearable Thaumatrope

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I am currently enrolled in a digital fabrication and design class at UW Milwaukee, where for our second project we designed and created an electronic wearable device. This wearable device is a DC motor powered Thaumatrope that I composed of 3-D prints, vinyl tubing, and electronics including a DC motor and a push button switch. This project was an experimentation into the feasibility of having a wearable thaumatrope as well as the feasibility of having a motor powered thaumatrope on a small scale. Through this project, I have come to the conclusion that it may not be possible to create a motor powered thaumatrope on a small scale, but wearable thaumatropes can certainly exist. I used Rhino to model all of these parts to fit both objects I had as well as each other. It was a lot of trial and error, and I don't recommend printing the files as is due to many variances based on printing inconsistencies regarding the filament I used. Also, the thaumatrope container works well, but the threads must be broken in by repeatedly putting it together and taking it apart. This can be extremely difficult, but it is possible.