Through the mediums of cardboard, foam core and paper I learned to create intricate and functional models to prototype and communicate designs. This course was quite challenging as I had done nothing like it before. The measurements had to always be very precise and it was very frustrating when they weren't and I had to start all over again. I learned a lot about working in this medium as well as programming since we had to write some code to incorporate motors in some of our models. We did various exercises, from learning to build different basic shapes to building mechanisms, using motors in our prototypes. After this we got to incorporate some of our own creativity in building a marble machine and after that the culmination of this course: a hot beverage vending machine.