Lego Toys: A Personal Statement Of Purpose

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My childhood curiosity to understand the workings of gadgets and my love for numbers at Abacus ignited my interest in engineering. Building mechanised LEGO toys empowered me. With the LEGO Mindstorms toys I developed an interest in robotics, too. Engineering studies will hone my creativity, help me inculcate a logical mindset; find feasible solutions. Further, growing up in Accra, the capital city of Africa’s erstwhile gold coast, machines have been an intrisic part of my life. Curious to understand the working of the ubiquitous mobile phones, computers and televisions, by eleven years I had discovered my proclivity to understand machines; discovered my innate dexterity to handle them. Once in India for the summer vacations, I got my aunt’s stalled and loaded washing machine whirring again. Along the way I also realised I enjoyed the problem-solving aspect of making machines work. …show more content…

Mr. Bedu, the electrical engineer and in-charge of the plant took me on a quick tour; showed me the various machines. I was enthralled when I beheld the conveyor belt, the rotary cutting machine, the separating machine, the cooling conveyor and at the end of the line, the stacking machine. The interconencted machines operated seamlessly and in tandem – what fascianted me was the symbiotic connect between them. I came away yearning to understand the link between the power circuits and the control circuits, the tension in the conveyer belt, water vents and heat blowers equally distant on top and inside the oven respectively – all essential components of the whole process without which nothing would

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