Analogy method creating project – Yasmine

How do you solve a difficult engineering problem?

Break into steps:

1. Understanding the problem
2. Thinking of a solution
3. Debunking the solution
4. Thinking of another solution
5. Not being able to implement solution
6. Asking for help to solve the problem 
7. Implementing solution 
8. Solution doesn’t work 
9. Altering the implementation method
10. Still doesn’t work 
11. Giving up on problem 
12. Maybe finding a solution online or asking chatgpt 

Abstract:

1. Knowing what’s going through the problems mind, what’s bothering it. 
2. Building a path out of the problem using a series of thoughts put together.
3. Get lost inside the problem, the path is going in circles.
4. Noticing you saw the same tree twice and marking it.
5. Going towards a lighthouse.
6. Realizing it was a very bright firefly 
7. Pulling the drain on the ocean

Analogy: Looking for a solution to an engineering problem is like finding your way out of a forest, then realizing you were in the middle of the ocean.

Idea: A sound collage representation of the analogy

Implementation:

Using Audacity, sampled sounds from freesound.org were added together so that it sounded like someone was walking through a forest, that slowly turned into the ocean and then a drain was pulled so that the water goes through. The samples added were forest, walking, ocean and drain sounds. Then the sequence went so that it was the forest sounds first then the ocean and then the drain. The sounds faded towards the end to give a smoother transition and amplitude and frequency were adjusted to highlight certain sounds at certain moments of the audio.

Sources: All sounds from Freesound.org

1. HeavyFootStompsInForest2.wav by GaryBran — https://freesound.org/s/75264/ — License: Creative Commons 0
2. pine forest  winterday 130 pm 240125_0644 by klankbeeld — https://freesound.org/s/726529/ — License: Attribution 4.0
3. small-forest-stream-in-mountains-surround-sound-rear by CRAFTCREST.com — https://freesound.org/s/204903/ — License: Attribution 4.0
4. Skoke – Magic forest.wav by dibko — https://freesound.org/s/697052/ — License: Attribution 4.0
5. BGSaSc Water Beach Ocean Waves Constant Splashing Rocks Many Small Waves Greece 16 by Profispiesser — https://freesound.org/s/550915/ — License: Creative Commons 0
6. Pacific Ocean.flac by tim.kahn — https://freesound.org/s/174763/ — License: Attribution 4.0
7. OceanWaves.wav by darren1979 — https://freesound.org/s/58416/ — License: Sampling+
8. Drain glug.wav by majorasflask — https://freesound.org/s/137028/ — License: Creative Commons 0
9. WaterDownTheDrain.flac by qubodup — https://freesound.org/s/188728/ — License: Creative Commons 0
10. Drain by RobinDavidsen — https://freesound.org/s/437209/ — License: Creative Commons 0

Final Result: