01x13 - Winner Takes All

[bunniefuu]

Last time on Design Squad,

the teams got their groove on

and had to create a...

...sound and light show...

...with an engineering twist.

Oh, no.

Red Team's light show

dazzled, but Blue Team put their

best foot forward.

So in the th and final

challenge, it's Natasha versus

Noah for the college

scholarship.

And we just have to do our

best.

...do our best, bring our A

game, and...

You can bring the B game.

I'll bring my A-plus game.

I'll bring my A-plus-plus

I'll bring my A-plus-plus game-- oh!

game-- oh!

♪ We've got two days

to get this straight

♪ We got a challenge

just won't wait

our eyes are on the prize

♪ Two engineers

just set the date

♪ We got this client

can't be late

oh, no, it's go time

♪ Build it, test, fix it

debug now and kick it

♪ Got to get it off the ground

yeah

♪ Stick around and you'll see

what teamwork's supposed to mean

♪ It's so key

Design Squad

Design Squad Design Squad!♪

Design Squad!♪

Hi.

Hey.

Surprise.

Where do you think you're

going?

To work.

You're definitely going to

work, but not in there this

time.

For the big season finale, we're

going to take the show on the

road.

We're taking you to a secret

location.

For the finale challenge,

Natasha and Noah will be facing

off for the grand prize of the

Intel Foundation college

scholarship.

[ cheering and applause]

But at first, you're going to

have the help of your new teams.

To figure out who's on whose

team, we're going to be drawing

names out of a hat.

Joey's hat, to be exact.

Could you hand it please?

The magic hat.

Thank you, sir.

And since Natasha's the point

leader, you get to draw first.

All right.

Joey.

Ooh.

Noah, you're next.

Giselle.

[ cheering and applause]

Kim.

[ cheering and applause]

Krishana.

[ applause]

Two left, two left.

Mike.

So, last but not least, you

have Tom.

Yeah!

[ cheering and applause]

Get in there and put on your

colors.

colors. We're going to get going.

We're going to get going.

Hey, Design Squads.

Hi.

Hi.

My name is Mike.

Welcome to Continuum.

We help clients around the world

solve their own design

challenges.

So for your final challenge,

you're going to be working in

our studio.

Oh.

And you'll have access to our

equipment and all the tools that

we use to design with.

And you're going to be working

with one of our clients...

No way.

...on one of their actual

design challenges.

What?

Let's go meet the client.

Oh, my gosh.

Follow me around here.

Roll it.

Hey, Design Squads.

I'm Fran Philip, chief

merchandising officer for L.L.

Bean.

[ cheering]

I work with outside designers

just like you to help create the

next new product for L.L. Bean.

Oh, my gosh.

The Bean DNA, the soul of the

company, is putting every detail

on every product.

L.L. Bean is also well-known for

developing products to help

families enjoy people-powered,

noncompetitive sports in the

outdoors, such as tobogganing.

[ kid yelling]

That's me!

I'm not kidding!

So here's where you come in,

Design Squads.

I need you to help me design an

innovative new sled, but here's

the catch.

This one's for the grass, not

the snow.

Oh.

Here are the specs.

Your summer sled must be able to

go down a grassy hill, seat two

kids, and be people powered.

The winning sled will be the one

that's the most maneuverable and

Bean worthy.

You'll find an assortment of

L.L. Bean equipment in your team

rooms to help inspire you.

Good luck, Design Squads.

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, my gosh. Oh, yes.

Oh, yes.

Welcome to the hill.

This big, green, grassy thing

you walked over earlier is

actually a giant prototype.

We went to the hill that you're

going to eventually test your

sleds on.

We took a section of that hill

and made an exact duplicate of

it in our office.

Wow.

Sweet.

Awesome.

So at any point, when you

have an idea, run it down the

have an idea, run it down the hill.

hill.

All right, so let's...

Ooh, you know what we should

do?

We should all grab all the

different sleds.

different sleds. Yeah, grab stuff.

Yeah, grab stuff.

All right, you guys ready?

Yeah, go for it, Kim.

[ Kim laughing]

[ Joey grunting]

Uh-oh.

Wow.

That's a no-go on the boogie

board.

Two, three.

Aw.

Oh, my butt.

Okay.

Okay, so it's a lot of friction.

Ready?

Ready.

One, two, three, go.

Woo!

Bigger diameter wins.

You know, they roll pretty well.

Do you guys have any other

ideas of how to get down the

hill?

We know that wheels work well

and they will go down that hill.

We have to put four wheels on

a piece of wood.

Maybe not four, maybe three,

but wheels.

Yeah, or five.

Or six.

I think six is a little

excessive.

Ah, come one.

Or one.

Everyone else's idea was

good, except for mine.

You're picking on me, man.

I was thinking something like

a caterpillar, like...

Oh, have, like, a bunch of

different sections.

Right, if you build it in

sections, like...

So if we have like... this is a

top view.

We have a wheel here and a wheel

here.

And then you have a piece of

wood or body.

I'm thinking three instead of

two for our initial design.

The body can bend and flex

because of the space that is

allowed.

Yeah, because these are all

connected, yeah.

If you're going over a large

bump, like, on a sled, if you

hit a small bump, you're like

boom, and then you land really

hard.

But in this new "caterpillar"

idea, you go over the bump like

this and back down, because each

one would have a section.

It could bend and flex.

I feel like this show has

brought us into the real world.

Yeah, yeah, honestly.

Because this is what

Continuum does.

The client is, like, famous.

Very well-known.

Working with L.L. Bean is an

honor.

I feel like we worked well

because having this new

atmosphere is awesome, with all

the cool L.L. Bean stuff.

It was like brainstorming times

ten.

We design it so that two

people can ride it.

Let's say another friend comes

over, there's not enough room

for him.

You just hook on another section

and there's room for your

friend.

That'd be awesome.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Like, do you think that we've

exhausted every possible, like,

moving-down-the-hill scenario?

I just want to make sure we're

covering all bases.

I think we're going in

circles again.

There are certain materials

that'd be really slick that we

could lay down on the hill and

then just kind of roll it out.

And then somebody could go right

down on that.

You don't lay something

before you go sledding and then

slide down that.

That's not sledding in my mind,

like, at all.

The brainstorm had its problems.

We were kind of all in a bunch

of different places with our

thoughts.

It's the third time we've been

all together.

I think we all feel it.

I mean, first time Red Team won,

second time Blue Team won.

So it's... you know, it's best

of three this time, and I think

all of us want to go out with a

bang.

I'm sure Blue Team's feeling the

exact same pressure that we are,

you know, to get it done and to

win.

What did you call it?

The supermarket.

Here?

We think of this as the

supermarket for designers.

Everything you need is here.

Go crazy.

Go crazy. Thanks a lot.

Thanks a lot.

Guys, check out this rubber.

Tommy boy, get over here.

I found these pieces of wood

that will be perfect for our

seats.

This is a really high-cost

place.

There's a Donald Trump box?

Yeah.

So, Donald, what do you think of

our idea?

"Oh, I think it's good."

"You're fired."

"You're fired."

No, I'm not.

You're fired, Donald.

Our idea is great.

"No, it isn't."

Back in the box, Donald.

We don't need his opinion.

He's not an engineer.

He's some business tycoon.

Yeah, that's right.

Oh, rollers-- I saw rollers

over there.

I was thinking... I mean...

Is that the roller in your

lap?

Oh, yeah, and the roller's in

my lap.

Like a roller slide?

Yeah, like, we attach rollers

to the bottom of the sled,

basically.

You know, you got an axle here.

This rolls really nicely.

And that's nice because...

Look at that.

And it's really wide, so it

wouldn't damage the grass at

all, and it's stable.

I mean, I'm sure... right

exactly.

But I don't know how you

would steer.

You could put, like, even

more rollers on the front, kind

of, like, to make it smoothed

out.

So we got rollers.

Okay.

Instead of trying to come up

with a whole brand-new type of

design, you know, mix the old

school, make a hybrid.

How about we make a device

that just attaches onto the

sled?

That way, we can use the sled in

the wintertime, and then if you

still want some sledding fun in

the summertime, you just slap on

wheels.

It's going to be like a real

sled.

What we did with the Red

Baron, really, all we did was

add drills.

Add drills.

That's all we really did.

So with this, we're just kind of

adding wheels.

Adding wheels.

Adding rollers, that's it.

If you wanted it to lean still,

if it's one long roller, you

have the middle of it... or the

diameter a lot thicker, and it's

smaller here.

Or you can kind of make it,

like, tapered like a cone.

It's a really good idea.

I think, like, they would like

that.

We'd definitely have a leg up on

Blue Team if we could do that.

I know that staples are

ripping out.

Let's pick it back up

tomorrow, do some testing really

quick in the morning, and then

start building.

Yeah, so we'll test some more

materials.

Awesome.

Let's go.

Let's go. Good job, guys.

Good job, guys.

Go time.

So you guys are going to work

on making the roller test,

right?

And we're going to figure out

the drawing.

And Kim and I will do the

drawing and the frame setup.

Okay, so we have a center

point.

point. Yeah, go drill that.

Yeah, go drill that.

You won't break it.

Hey, where are you going?

Where are you going?

Nowhere.

Nowhere.

That's awesome.

Yeah.

One hinge down, one to go.

Now we have to think of a

steering hinge.

So this can move like that.

We're going to put a bolt?

Drop a pin through, right?

And then to keep it from... to

keep it steering gently, two

keep it steering gently, two bungee cords right here.

bungee cords right here.

So work on the connection

points.

I'm going to try to develop the

way that the rollers are

connected to kind of the sub-

frame design and possible

suspension ideas.

I respect the fact that you

want to do suspension.

I think it's a great idea.

But actually getting it to

attach and detach from the sled

is much more important than

having suspension, because

that's basically, like, the

point of our concept.

The way we're going to win is

because ours detaches and

attaches to a product they

already have.

When you're on snow and

you're sliding down a hill, it's

very smooth and it's very

gradual, even if you hit a large

bump or rock.

The rollers are going to go

over the rocks, and then you're

just going to feel the shock,

which is half the fun.

I think what it comes down to

is deciding, like, what we want

to focus on.

That terrain is pretty

smooth, and there's not going to

be rocks; there's not going to

be any, like, jumps.

Just look at it.

Let's focus on the frame

being attached.

Let's focus on getting the

movement right.

The rollers.

The rollers, wheels.

And then, if we have time at the

end, then we'll work on that.

I'm building one of the

wooden frames that's going to be

wooden frames that's going to be the wheel mounting.

the wheel mounting.

the wheel mounting. Golden.

Golden.

Perfect.

Yep.

I feel stupid.

I just realized that I'm going

to have to take apart both of

these structures in order to put

the wheel in there.

So... great job, Noah.

I'll bring it back.

We finished making the mockup

out of foam.

This is them going straight, and

then this is turning.

And here's why the roller

turns.

It works just like a cone

rolling on its side.

Wheels of different diameters

are fixed to the roller and turn

together at the same speed.

But during each revolution, the

larger center wheel travels

farther than the smaller wheels

on the outside, forcing the

roller to turn right or left,

depending on what side the

riders lean.

Do you want to go test this

on the grass?

Yeah.

I really do, Natasha.

Let's go do that.

Let's go do that. All right.

All right.

So what do you think the next

step for this would be?

Put it on the computer-

controlled milling machine,

because that way, we can machine

a bunch of doughnuts, glue them

onto the shaft, and then you

have your steering system.

Okay.

All right, so that's the

outside diameter of your biggest

wheel.

Okay, so that's . inches.

Yep.

All right, great.

Save that file, and let's bring

it over to the machine.

All right.

So this is the block we're

So this is the block we're going to cut your wheels out of.

going to cut your wheels out of.

Isn't that cool?

Isn't that cool? That's cool.

That's cool.

Oh!

There you go.

Cool.

Guys, look what I made.

Wow.

I can see it all coming

together.

Are you proud of me, Tommy?

I'm really proud of you.

Well done.

Thank you.

Tah-dah.

We're changing the idea again

and again and again.

The idea hasn't changed.

The idea is changing.

Now, Joey brought in the round

stock.

He brought in the tube, okay?

We also now just brought in this

angle iron.

By deviating with the materials

from the original kind of

concept design, we are losing a

lot from the original design of

what it was given.

Which is?

For one...

The suspension system.

No, for one, the way...

No, no, don't tease him.

Kim, that's not fair.

Why?

You're just going on and on and

on.

The one thing that you do

when...

You have to just start

building.

So what are you doing now?

I want to do these covers for

the wheels, but I'm not sure how

I should do that.

You want to make fenders you

mean?

Yeah, that'll act as brakes

and covers so that people don't

get their fingers stuck in the

spokes.

Oh, okay.

So there's a couple ways to make

a part like that, the easiest of

which, I think, is vacuum

which, I think, is vacuum forming.

forming.

There we have a very

There we have a very beautiful semicircle.

beautiful semicircle.

So right now I'm going to push

this plastic all the way in

there, and there are a bunch of

heating coils in here that heat

up this plastic until it's

up this plastic until it's really soft.

really soft.

All the air is taken out from

under the plastic, and all

under the plastic, and all that's left is a mold of this.

that's left is a mold of this.

Perfect.

Look at that.

♪ Ow!

♪ I did it

I did it... ♪

There's only going to be two

support bars, but these are

going to be sandwiched.

So there's going to be a board

that's going to be up on top of

them.

And one underneath.

And we got the one

underneath.

Okay.

And they're going to be

secured and tightened in the

middle by two screws with wing

nuts.

I like this look.

Okay.

Right now I'm creating the

groove that's going to be on the

groove that's going to be on the runner.

runner.

I pretty much just got the

groove into it.

Uh-huh.

And I'm testing it out.

And I'm testing it out. That looks really good.

That looks really good.

Ah.

It's a beauty.

Look at that.

Look at that. We're almost done.

We're almost done.

We're almost done. We can do it for a test.

We can do it for a test.

Okay, ready?

Ready?

On three.

One.

Two, three.

Woo-hoo!

[ laughter]

It works!

Yay.

[ applause]

I'm next.

That thing flies too.

That thing flies too. [ screaming]

[ screaming]

Oh, yeah.

Woo!

I just saw Blue Team's thing

all done.

They built a dune buggy

basically.

A dune buggy, yeah.

It looked to fun though.

They built a dune buggy.

I think that ours will be

better because it's

craftsmanship.

There's about two hours left,

and I'm kind of getting nervous.

I really want to see this put

together so we can test it.

I don't feel any pressure

because of Blue Team.

I mean, they got to test sooner,

but our design is a little bit

more... it's different.

It's very different than theirs.

It's very different than theirs. Okay, let's get back to work.

Okay, let's get back to work.

The last little, itty-bitty

roller.

So we have a completed

roller.

Now, what my team wanted me to

do was test it out to see if

this would be able to turn

without actually smoothing out

the edges.

Yeah, it seems to turn quite

nicely.

These are going to be our

handles.

Right now I just cut a half

circle, but I'm going to cut

another circle out of it so you

just have an arch.

These are going to be screwed

onto the surface of our

caterpillar so that you can hold

caterpillar so that you can hold on like this.

on like this.

Ah, sweet.

Ah, sweet. Yeah.

Yeah.

There is our break.

There's going to be a piece of

foam under here that you can

press on.

When you press down, the hub

will rub against the tire,

will rub against the tire, acting as a break.

acting as a break.

This is the front, and this

This is the front, and this is the back.

is the back.

is the back. It's like a low rider.

It's like a low rider.

It looks nice.

It looks exactly what we aimed

for.

I love this thing, guys.

All right, this is it.

This is for Natasha.

Good luck.

Thank you, guys.

Sweet, you guys.

This thing is...

[ cheering and applause]

This thing looks amazing.

I don't know about you, but I

I don't know about you, but I cannot wait to test this.

cannot wait to test this.

cannot wait to test this. Bring it up top.

Bring it up top.

Three, two, one.

Whoa!

Ah!

[ cheering and applause]

Awesome, Mike.

Oh, jeez!

Woo-hoo!

Oh.

That... the sled's coming

forward.

Yeah, the sled slid forward.

So we're going to have to

brace it better.

Yeah, you know what?

Yeah, we're going to do that

really quick.

Really quick.

All we have to do is just

finish the brakes.

We're going to hot-glue the foam

to the wood, hot-glue the hub to

the foam, and we have these nice

little brake handles.

So those are out brakes, and

that's all that we have left to

do, and then we're done.

Careful, Mike.

Hold on, hold on.

Come on, paint.

I like that.

That looks pretty good.

You guys, we're done.

Woo!

We finished again.

For the last time.

Let's pray that Natasha wins.

All right, ready?

Let's pray that we all win.

You got to close the hug.

Yeah, you guys got to hug

too.

too. Aw.

Aw.

Okay, this is a lot steeper

than I thought.

Ours is a finished product.

I don't know about theirs.

Why did you guys want it to look

bad?

Stop.

All right, welcome to the

hill, everybody.

After weeks and awesome

challenges, it comes down to

this, these two beautiful

machines made by Red and Blue

Team.

And on top of it all, it's

the final showdown for Natasha

and Noah to figure out who gets

the big Intel Foundation college

scholarship.

[ cheering and applause]

All right.

First, we want to introduce to

you Fran Philip from L.L. Bean.

Hi, Fran.

Hey, guys.

Red Team, why don't you guys

start off?

Natasha, tell Fran about your

machine.

Sure.

What we came up with was an

attachment to an already

existing L.L. Bean sled.

So you can sell this as an

attachment with your sleds.

All you have to do is take off

the wing nuts, and the whole

sled just comes up.

Oh, nifty.

Extend their sled's life into

the spring, summer, and fall.

I love it.

I think Red Team has done an

excellent job so far.

All right, so let's move over

to Blue Team.

Noah, why don't you tell her

about your machine?

All right, this is our what

we call the Speedy Millipede.

I think the fact that ours is

really funky and playful, it

makes it really inviting for a

family.

I love the colors.

We have a word for that at L.L.

Bean.

We call it quirky.

Quirky.

I think you nailed the

quirky.

Yes.

All right, are you guys ready

to take these down the slopes?

Yeah.

Red Team?

Yep.

One nice, smooth turn to

demonstrate your

maneuverability, and that's it.

Ready to go?

Ready to go? Three, two, one.

Three, two, one.

Yes, yes!

[ cheering]

Okay, there was a little,

gentle turn.

Good job, Red Team.

Good job.

Good turn, woo!

We definitely turned.

I think we need to join a

bobsled team.

That's my personal opinion.

Okay, Blue Team, you ready?

One three, ready?

Ready?

Ready? One, two, three.

One, two, three.

Yeah!

[ cheering and applause]

Awesome!

That's what I'm talking

about.

Fran, what's your impression?

Another good run.

Wow.

All right.

This is going to be the

This is going to be the toughest decision of them all.

toughest decision of them all.

Are you nervous?

A little bit, I guess.

Brow... brow getting a little

Brow... brow getting a little moist?

moist?

Fran, would you like to come

up and do the honors?

Okay, Design Squads, both

teams did an amazing job on the

summer sled challenge from L.L.

Bean.

I was totally amazed at the

amount of strategic design that

went into your two sleds.

They were both, in their own

unique ways, very worthy of the

Bean brand, but I had to choose

one as the final winner.

It's a very tough choice, and

the kid in me wanting the most

fun, so I went with the Blue

Team.

Yes!

[ cheering and applause]

Blue what?

Blue Team!

Blue what?

Blue Team!

Congratulations, Blue Team.

Nice job.

Congratulations, Blue Team.

Good job.

So with that, we will present

you with this award representing

the scholarship from the Intel

Foundation.

Congratulations.

Congratulations. [ cheering and applause]

[ cheering and applause]

D what?

D Squad!

D what?

D Squad!

D what?

D Squad!

I'm completely overwhelmed.

I can barely breathe.

I learned so much that hopefully

I'll be able to use when I go to

college.

I want to go into engineering

now.

It's just... the show has

inspired me in a lot of ways.

Engineering's fun.

I mean, it's so much fun.

You get so much satisfaction out

of making something and seeing

it work.

It's just great.

This experience of being on

this TV show has given me so

much more confidence, and I know

that if I want to make

something, I can just go build

it.

Engineering's a lot cooler

than I thought it was.

I mean, I knew it was fun, but I

never knew it was this fun.

It's just too great to even

It's just too great to even describe.