The Remote Learning Tower (for homework also)

The Remote Learning Tower allows remote homework with a smartphone and wifi/mobile data.

Executive summary:

The Remote Learning Tower hold a smartphone that will stream like a videocall the desk area from above. With the loudspeaker activated from the video call you can interact with your child to help them with school homework from remote distance.

Print this model, mount this model like lego, glue it and remote use it.

Social impact:

• This can help divorced parents to stay involved in educating kids or kids showing whatever they want.
• This can help grand-parents who are distant-living to stay involved in grandchildren's education
• This can help in distance teaching
• Money is not a blocker. To find an affordable access to a 3D Printer, contact the FapLab community and find the FabLab in your proximity by googling it or https://www.fablabs.io/labs 

Detailed instructions for printing and mounting:

• Printing instructions:
  • I optimized for 3 groups of printing (refer to print files)
  • All the “sticks" in the “Version_1_All_other_Parts” were generated directly by PrusaSlicer (Thanks Prusa Team !) because the model was too big for the printing volume. There is 2 types of sticks.
• Mounting instructions:
  • Use liquid super glue for the printed “sticks” and their 'holes'. The glue must be friendly for the printing material you used. (as e.g. I used 'Cementit Universal adhesive')

Detailed usage instruction for best result:

• Works with all Smartphone which cameras are grouped within a square of 5cm by 5cm (or 1.9685inches by 1.9685inches) basically 99% of all smartphone today (Sept 2024). This square size is the hole of the Smartphone holder disc.
• Tested with ‘Google Meet’ videoconference App (on both Kids/parent smartphone) and Web software on the Parent laptop
  • Positive: very good video quality
  • Positive: very good sound quality
  • Positive: on Parents / Grand-parents side you can zoom the screen
  • Positive: very easy to use (tested with 9 and 7 years old kids)
• On your usual Chat App, send them the link or save the link in ‘Google Keep’ as I did
• Keep your smartphone charging will using
• Use any type of bottle size and fill it with at least 1.5 Litre (0.396258 US Gallons) of water or other content for counterweight (see picture) e.g. here a famous soda-brand bottle was used as it is the largest bottle diameter you'll find in supermarket here.
• Read instruction on the printed parts ;)

Storage instructions:

• Keep it in place if you use it regularly
• The ‘Bridge’ can be stored between the counterweight bottle and the ‘Tower’. You can even insert one of both short-leg of the bridge into the tower hole ladder.

Continuous improvement:

1. Please feel free to suggest improvements
2. For all improvement verify and ensure:
   1. Easy access and printing
   2. Intuitive usage
   3. Compatible with all smartphone on the market
3. Reduce printing time and material, while keeping the priority on the structural integrity(strong and robust). Probably with a Crane (machine) latticed boom fitted with a jib (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_(machine))

Disclaimer:

• On the pictures, the printed ‘Tower Base’ has a gray printed volume. This is due to having reached end of white color filament spool and I continued to print with Galaxy grey :)

Fun fact on past version:

• The very very first version of this was a laptop+webcam+headphone+wooden/metal kind-of-a-crane built by grand-pa but the usage was too complicated for grand-children and used way too much space.

Specific note for commercial and non-profit organization:

• Please contact me, yet I wish and expect this Remote Learning Tower be freely accessible for 3D Printing community and persons in needs.

Happy printing and education !