I started with building the circuit first to make sure it was worked and then created a story from there. I decided to use paper as the material for the nitinol. It was extremely difficult soldering the crimp bead to the copper tape because the nitinol would contract as it was heated by the solder and didn’t stay in place while I was soldering. Finally I got it to work, I could use a button to make the current go through the wire to open the little gap. I decided to draw a character with one of their teeth being removed (except it gets removed from the bottom, but should be from the top. Also I didn’t have a 12-13 resistor so I ended up trying a 10 resistor and a 47 resistor. The 47 didn’t allow for the nitinol to contract. The 10 resistor allowed the nitinol to contract, but it almost burned.

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