XBox+360+Controller

=My Device=

Ryan Persofsky, Alex Kasapi

[] Transmitting Info Wii Remote Xbox 360 Controller

Purpose
//What is the fundamental purpose of the device?// This device is used for playing the games for the Xbox 360 and it is wireless so u can move around with it without the device disconnecting.

Energy
//What energy transformations are seen in its operation?// You use batteries for the controller to work. Turning electricity into radio waves.

Controls
//What sensors/controls are designed into the device?// There is a vibration in the controller when you are playing a game and this hppens wheen you get hit or make contact with anything in the game. The way it vibrates is when you make contact with somehing in the game the disc increases in conductive. There is also an analog stick so you can control where you are going in th video game. There are different letter buttons on the controller that are used for different tasks during the game.

Materials
//What material(s) are essential to the device?// There are batteries, a chip, buttons, and wires

Science
//What is scientific principle is central to its operation?// Energy comes in and energy goes out.

Design
//What does a typical device look like?// It looks like an M shaped controller. It also comes in many controllers. To make all of the buttons and control pads work yo need to push down on them. It works like a knife switch. On a knife switch you push the handle down and it fits into little openings to make it work. So when you push down on either the pad or a button the openings connect and fit in just like a puzzle or a knife switch.

Evolution
//What changes have there been (or could there be) in this device?// The only changes that there have been are the different colors. They could put more buttons in and make it smaller or bigger.

Competitors
//What other devices serve a similar purpose? A PS3 controller because they are both wireless. //What other devices work in conjunction with this device? The Xbox 360 because without the Xbox 360 console the controller wouldnt have any use a all.//
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Siblings
//What other devices use the same scientific principle?// Other Xbox 360 controllers and other systems controllers.