As with every innovation project, there are several sources of error that have occurred. These sources of error were observed during the different systems testing, as well as during system construction.
- Although the constructed conventional passive tracking system utilized commercially available technologies, the partial pressure vapourization system did not fully accommodate the other materials used. However, it still worked excellently, but may have affected the collected data in a minor manner.
- Because of the material limitations of the rotator system, which was a large sphere, the constructed passive tracking system did not perform as well as it potentially could have. This is because the sphere that was available to be used was too large, and there were no other possible sizes to obtain.
- Since the system was tested under a controlled environment with a monitored light source and temperature, this may not reflect the conditions in which the designed tracker will be utilized. Thus, further testing is required.
- Because of material limitations, the quality of the designed prototype is not optimized. This may have affected results, which could have been improved with better materials in construction.
- In order to maximize efficiency for this project, other less-common passive tracking technologies and conventional active trackers should also be evaluated and studied for their flaws. This will assist in the precision of comparison statistics at the end of the project.
- Due to the fact that the system developed in this project is small-scale, it does not fully represent the challenges that exist for larger-scale systems.
(The information displayed is for the system Design 1.0, utilized in March 2008. A completely upgraded and significantly different system, known as Design 2.0, will be first presented at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in May 2008.
This website details preliminary work for Passionate Passivity, corresponding with the Calgary Youth Science Fair in March 2008. Significant project changes and design modifications have been made to Passionate Passivity since the creation of this website. To ensure intellectual property protection, final work spanning from approximately June 2007 to April 2008 will be first presented at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in May 2008. This website should not be utilized as a reference for Eden Full's ISEF 2008 research.)
