Students/Tung Mach

Tung Mach (January 15, 1989), better known by his preferred name Lance, is a 3rd year undergraduate student at the University of California, San Diego, currently majoring in both Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts and Computer Science and Engineering.

Early Life

Lance received his diploma at Alameda High School, where he was involved in many clubs, and was the varsity of the badminton club for all 4 years. After his graduation, he decided to attend a community college in order to shorten his college expenses. In shortly after 2 years, he soon transferred into the University.

Personal Life

Lance was cool. He's still cool. Everyone likes him.

Electronic Technologies for Art I

In the quarter of Winter 2010, Lance registered for a class called Electronic Technologies for the Art with Robert Twomey, due to his passion for electronics. Lance finds the class intriguing because he likes the work behind electricity and the process of assembling. Though, Lance doesn't have any knowledge nor previous experience with electronics, he hopes to gain the intelligence to strengthen his creative mind in the art and perhaps acquire a new hobby.

Field Research

Stock Market

Airport Terminal

New York Time Square

Processor

Wall*e

Midterm Project Proposal

"For this upcoming midterm project, there are a few ideas that came to mind, but I can’t decide yet on which I want to do. My very first idea was an anti-theft device mechanism, which can be installed into a product. If one was to steal and open a product, a sensor would go off, alarming others. My second idea could be a simple mouse trap, where if a mouse gets near one, it would get caught and a loud sensor would go off. This would alert the owner of the house, can quickly dispose of the rat, and reinstall it again. My third idea is a mini elevator, which I could incorporate the knife switch into my project. If I turn the switch up, it would move the elevator up, switching it down would move it down.

When it comes to looks, my first idea would probably look like a CD case, or some kind of box. Being a closed switch, if one was to open it, a button would be released, allowing the circuits to connect to set off the alarm. Upon looking inside the box, you can see all the mechanics that are made up into this anti-theft system. My second idea would simply be a mouse trap, probably with lights and sounds coming out of it. My third idea would probably involve the most work, building a small elevator and having at least two floors with a switch."

The Midterm Project

When I wrote my project proposal, I had a lot of ideas that I wanted to do, but not everything went well. I decided to start off with some new ideas from scratch. Then suddenly, I came up with something. I decided to make a netbook cooler, as no company has made one yet. The purpose of this cooler is to decrease the temperature of the netbook by fanning below . This project is simple, but yet simple. The cooler will have two features, an automatic switch so when a netbook is placed on top, the cooler will automatically start fanning, and a turning knob to adjust the speed of the fan. The cooler was easy to make, I placed the red switch on top of the box, so that way when something is pressed against it, it would connect the circuit all together, making the fan spin. I placed the knob on the back so adjust the volume of the fan, which is also connected to the circuit. The box is actually made out of a cereal box, wrapped with construction paper. Inside the box, the circuit board is placed in the back, which is also connects the battery, potentiometer (turning knob), and switch button.

Netbook Cooler The back of the Netbook Cooler Netbook placed on top of the cooler

Final Project Proposal

In progress.

The Final Project

In progress.

Still in progress.