Part of the Tomorrow Projects family of creative initiatives

The Giraffe Hat

Kinsley

Age 10Warren, US

The Giraffe Hat is for shorter people who have trouble getting things from high spaces. The neck extends to your desired length and you use the remote to grab things from high spaces. It is controlled by a remote. It opens, closes, extends, and retracts. You can also charge the Giraffe Hat with a charger. My invention is inspired by a giraffe's neck.

Little Inventors team says

Wow Kinsley, your "Giraffe Hat" idea is absolutely brilliant! 🦒 It sounds like an exciting way to reach things on high shelves without needing a ladder. I love how you've been inspired by a giraffe's neck. Have you thought about how people will carry the remote while wearing the hat? Maybe it could be attached to the hat so it's always within reach! Keep up the fantastic work - I can't wait to see more of your creative inventions! 🌟

Blog entries

Tom Gavrilos has been working on making this idea real.

3D Scanning

Posted 2 weeks ago by Tom Gavrilos

Every maker knows the struggle of trying to digitally model an awkward, organic shape from scratch, which was exactly my roadblock for the Giraffe Hat project. Instead of fighting with calipers, I 3D scanned the physical hat to capture an exact, high-resolution digital replica of its quirky geometry. Now that I have successfully imported this precise mesh into my CAD software, I finally have the perfect foundation to start designing my custom modifications!

Testing Components

Posted 3 weeks ago by Tom Gavrilos

This is a first step into my design process to make sure all the components will work as intended. Having these components in hand will also give me the ability to get physical dimensions off the real hardware so i can accurately create a CAD model of the final design.