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Dancing Flower
By Michelle Frid, Tyler Colenbrander, Alexa
Funahashi, and Sophia Galleguillos
● Sold by Dollar Tree
Dancing Flower (discontinued)
Overview ● Modeled after the Flip-Flap
made by the toy production
company Tomy
● Tomy holds the original
patent
○ Chinese company bought
copyrights
○ Sells fake flip-flap
dancing flower pots in the
US and EU
Functional Analysis
How it Works
Two cell solar panel
collects energy from
sun
Energy is stored
into a 10 volt,
470 µF
capacitor,
connected to a
circuit board
Circuit board
transfers energy to
copper coil and the
magnet swings away
in reaction to the
magnetic field
Circuit Diagram The solar panel takes the energy that is taken
from the sun and directly gives it to the circuit
board so that the copper is directly connected
with the energy source.
Structural Analysis
System Overview ● Connections made with pins
and holes (no screws)
● Very lightweight (mostly
plastic)
● Subsystems:
○ Flower/Leaf
○ Electrical
○ Plastic Frame
Subsystem 1:
● https://www.creativemechanisms.com/blog/everything-
you-need-to-know-about-abs-plastic
● https://copperalliance.org.uk/knowledge-
base/education/education-resources/copper-properties-
applications/
● https://www.icis.com/resources/news/2007/10/18/907
1053/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene-abs-production-and-
manufacturing-process/
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBouHRd3yEU
● https://tomy.com/copyrights
● https://www.ptonline.com/articles/purer-grade-of-abs-
makes-for-better-parts-and-processes