Project - Prevent Destruction

[perplex]

Hey Guys,

 

This isn't a real build log but its similar. The story behind it is, My youngest brother (20 years of age) has disability's, the main one is Autism, in the past 5 years hes began breaking things, so i have to think of ways to stop him breaking it and build it. Things hes done are, broken 7 laptop screens by snapping them, breaking doors off the hinge, broken 3 tv's by snapping the screen or pouring water down the back of them, breaking tv controllers, media players ect

 

Ive given him one of the old laptops of the screen hes broken, but its to slow and hes broken the keys on the keyboard, they also are covered in chocolate milk and abit sticky... ect. So for his 21st birthday, i thought i would get him more of a computer what will be faster, but ill have to stop him from pouring water over it, and this is what i came up with, ill also post extra picture of what else ive done at the end, hope you enjoy and hope if anyone else has or knows someone like this, maybe this can help them

 

This is the start, where i just varnished it

 

The insides

 

With the Side on

 

This is where the USB ports are going to go

 

Should look something like this

 

The bottom of them

 

The ON button :P

 

This is the Dell computer i got for cheap and you can see the wires for my external button and fan

 

It will go into that corner covering the power points

 

The computer inside the box after i bolted the box to the side of the table

 

With the side on ready to get set down

 

This is what it looks like Inside its box

 

Finished product

 

Finished product

 

Finished product

 

Installed for his birthday, while he was at school (special place for the day) and its bolted to the wall, so he cant do anything to it

 

2 weeks later snapped the keyboard so i had to do this, its glued to the wood

 

Screwed down here

 

I found out couple of months later that my job wasn't finished with the screen, i put perspex on the top to stop him pouring water down it but i caught him picking the monitor up and putting it on the side to pour water down.. so it had to be fixed and this is what i came up with

 

This is it, all ready to be installed

 

This is the back of it, for the cable management :P i put the wood there so he cant push the monitor back

 

Fully installed, bolted down and the screen cant move

 

Everything completed!!

 

So yea hope you liked, here are the extra picture i took of things i made for him

 

The Tv, stop him touching it with acrylic perspex screen, and water proof with the speakers and its bolted to the wall

 

His Media player, the last one he kept smacking it on the desk and after about 6 months and 200+ times getting hit on the desk the hard drive finally gave up and died, so i got a new media player and hard drive and put it inside

 

The controllers, he use to snap them, i didnt use to have the acrylic perspex on the top but he managed to break a controller buy hitting it with his calculator....

 

This is his computer screen, acrylic perspex screen and over the heat vents at the top so water cant go down, there is a gap on the side so some hot air can excape, you can also see the chocolate milk on the side of the screen where he has tried to pour it in :P

 

This is again acrylic perspex over the stained glass because it use to push his hand through it and break it...

 

Well that just about does it, with most of the things ive done

 

Everything was cut out with a CNC machine my other brother owns and cut out for me

 

Hope you enjoyed it and hope it helps anyone else who is dealing with these issues :)

[sonarctica]

You're an amazing brother... mad respects to you

[M-ursu]

Looks great!

[Monty007]

You're an amazing brother... mad respects to you

Agreed.

[virusal19]

You're an amazing brother... mad respects to you

 

This ^ 

[HirgaLTTki]

Mad respect for you. 

[liveturbo24]

super brotherly love. awesome man.   all the build show the love you put in them. though out, clean and looks great for what it is.

[Exotath]

You are the best brother in the world. 

[Adler Polk]

You are awesome man, i hope your bro like his new computer and appreciates the work you did!:)

[perplex]

You are awesome man, i hope your bro like his new computer and appreciates the work you did! :)

haha i wish, first things he will do is try to break it, he doesnt really appreciate stuff, he breaks stuff he likes and needs :P

 

thanks to the rest of the comments

[Xezit]

Build log of the week!

[perplex]

lol i dont think so, its nothing special, well i dont think so

[MetroHD]

Wow, what you've done for your brother is simply just amazing

[perplex]

Hey Guys, bit of a update.

 

His birthday was about 2 weeks ago, and it seems i failed.. (kinda knew he would break it)

 

After 2 weeks he snapped his keyboard so i had to make it so he cant, here are a few pictures, i also added them to my first post

 

This is it on his birthday, ready for him

 

This is how i hope to solve him from snapping the keyboard

 

This is the keyboard glued and screwed down

 

 

I think the mouse will be next i think, and a wireless mouse wont solve it 100% because he snaps the plastic clicker where your finger lays to click it, and he would snap the part that holds the battery in...so time will tell hehe

[atrash]

You are really an awesome brother for doing all this. And that little box for the pc..I couldnt event tell that it's there.Very discreet. Nice job.

 

Logitech has a washable keyboard if you are worried of him spilling stuffs onto it. I've tried playing around with it. It is quite sturdy. > http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/washable-keyboard-k310?crid=26

 

And what about using a trackball so you can fixed it on the desk but still have that mouse ability? Like this > http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/trackman-marble?crid=8

[J4M35]

you sir are awesome, good to see you looking out for your brother. i think this forum needs a "you win 1 internets" badge, and this perplex needs to get it first

[Gugos]

just outstanding

[alpenwasser]

Love all the ingenious ways you've used to bomb-proof the equipment.

Regarding the mouse: I think there are vandal-resistant trackballs used

for things like automatic ticket machines, info terminals and such, maybe

that could work (come to think of it, there are also vandal-resistant

keyboards for those sorts of machines)? However, I'm guessing they're

probably pretty damn expensive, but maybe you could get an old one from a

discarded unit on eBay? Might be worth a look.

Anyway, awesome!

[Memphis]

You are an amazing brother.  Good for you for taking care of your brother like that.  You have a lot of patience and understanding to keep after it like this.  Respect.

 

It sounds like he might be breaking things to fulfill some kind of sensory need.  Does he have anything in the house designed to give him the sensory input that he is seeking that might be a replacement behavior for breaking valuables?  If you need ideas regarding this, I will get together some others here in the office to brainstorm.  We work with children with various developmental disabilities, autism being the most common.  

 

Good for you, mate!

[Ares]

Is there a "Best brother" badge because he really deserved it

[Axis]

wow is the term i couldnt stop saying reading this entire topic!

 

first for the amazing person you must be "perplex" and second for all the amazing coments!

 

i'm so glad to be part of this comunity!

 

Thank you all!

[Wauthar]

Amazing! The things you did for your brother are an example that many people should follow. Many props to you!

[perplex]

You are really an awesome brother for doing all this. And that little box for the pc..I couldnt event tell that it's there.Very discreet. Nice job.

 

Logitech has a washable keyboard if you are worried of him spilling stuffs onto it. I've tried playing around with it. It is quite sturdy. > http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/washable-keyboard-k310?crid=26

 

And what about using a trackball so you can fixed it on the desk but still have that mouse ability? Like this > http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/trackman-marble?crid=8

The washable keyboard, yes ive looked at it, the problems are, he tends to pull keys off the board, so thats why i tried to get a low profile one, and he might end up pulling the power cable out, so id need a wireless one, only issue is he will pull the batterys out ect and say he does manage to break it, it gets expensive to keep replacing

 

The trackball mouse is the next step, ive also looked into it and ill see how this mouse goes first, he seems to be focusing on the keyboard right now, but since i stopped him doing that, he might try something else

 

thanks for the help

 

 

You are an amazing brother.  Good for you for taking care of your brother like that.  You have a lot of patience and understanding to keep after it like this.  Respect.

 

It sounds like he might be breaking things to fulfill some kind of sensory need.  Does he have anything in the house designed to give him the sensory input that he is seeking that might be a replacement behavior for breaking valuables?  If you need ideas regarding this, I will get together some others here in the office to brainstorm.  We work with children with various developmental disabilities, autism being the most common.  

 

Good for you, mate!

Interesting, but im not sure what you mean by, have anything in the house for his sensory input. right now no matter what we do, no matter now much he loves it, he will break it, examples hes got a psp, snapped the screen, or all our Nintendo 64 and Sega games snapped at the PCB, controller cords pulled out of the controller, he loves playing them but i think hes just got a need to test how strong something is, he use to pull his curtains down, like breaking the hook to the wall, so i bolted a metal bracket there and now he can hang off it and it wont break, after that he stopped breaking curtains all together.. so ye

 

Thanks for the offer, ill see how it goes first, right now he goes to a school that handles the same type of people with disabilities, im sure it would be the same type of thing

 

 

thank you to the rest of the nice comments

[Focux]

I am willing to give up my BoTW title for yours.

I am an only child and I am genuinely touched.

[chessin]

this is a visceral post. respect very much

you're an amazing brother