creation of a tool

The hardest part of the this is project was to sit down and come up with an idea the could possibly help with out with my daily hassles. After thinking for what seemed like hours and listening to my cat whine and whine and whine. The idea hit me like a rock! I came up with the idea to create an automatic pet food dispenser.
My cat is very stubborn, and is always hungry, but were trying to put her on a diet. If we don't feed her she will whine and whine until she gets her way. So my idea is to create a pet food dispenser that is activated by a motion sensor. When my cat approaches her food dish the food will descend down a large tube and into her bowl. This will not happen every time she goes to eat. The bowl will be filled 3 times a day max and if her bowl is empty or getting there then the food dispenser will release a small amount of food.

Day One:
Today the drawings were made on what the food dispenser should resemble. As I was drawing some concerns made me re-think my design. I want this invention to be mess proof and a money saver. With this I created a rectangular dish with a circular food dish inside. If the cat makes any mess the food will fall into the rectangle and will be sucked up by a tube and sent back to where the food is stored. No mess, no waste.
Things seem to be progressing well but I have approached the main problem of my project. I can't build something for my life. I know nothing about wires, motors or anything related to building my invention. However i won't let that stop my from this idea. So i decided to create some valid blue prints of the invention. Everything from size, color and how it will work.
The more I think about this the more excited I get. Today was based simply on brainstorming what i want it to do and how it will look. However I ended up doing more. I began thinking about things that could set me back and that consider thinking about.

Size- Is it bulky?
Price- Could this possibly be expensive?
Design- Can other looks be created to match every house hold? Is the design original?
Food- Will it carry all types of food? Will the food be fresh?

Some of these after much thought will eventually be solved, but right now it's only the beginning.

vibrobot

Our first attempt(myself and Julien)at our Vibrobot was a FAIL, after getting extremely distracted and trying to create a head messager using vibrations. It was clear to us that this idea had no connection to what we really were supposed to do. That's when we came across a propeller and an elastic band. This might have happened randomly but we created a kind of sling shot thing. We were inspired and had confidence that we could create the GREATEST INVENTION OF ALL...or at least try.
Second fail of the day, what can i say I'm no good with machines. I thought maybe i could be inspired if I wrapped wire around my head like a head band and brainstormed ideas(yeah that didn't really work), my partner Julien however is the creative one over here.
We have decided to base our vibrobot on a coat hanger and from that we will used the body structure of it and create something that moves.
After many attempty at creating something out of nothing we have successfully made a cloths hanger in to move using vibrations. We altered the the body a bit and gave it legs and attached our motor and battery on each side of the body. I think the pictures will make more sense then I am right now. It's possible that I'm really excited that we created something.
To conclude, I guess it was a good idea that we joked around for the beginning of this project because that was what allowed us to come up with this interesting looking vibrobot.