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Title: Smartphones in Physics and Engineering Education


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Smartphones in Physics and Engineering Education
Dr. Shakur Doc Taylor Sinatra
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And the 1 Billion Winner is
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Smart Very Smart!
  • Compelling piece of technology
  • Microprocessor and Operating System
  • Haptic System (Touchscreen)
  • Array of sensors included
  • Three-axis accelerometer
  • Gyroscope
  • Gaussmeter (Magnetometer)
  • TRRS Headphone input / output
  • Microphones
  • Speakers

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Monkey See Monkey Do!
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Gotcha!
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Antisymmetric Tracks and the winner is?
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Atwoods Machine
  • Measure gravity by slowing it down
  • Measured by hanging two slightly different masses
    and reading the acceleration

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Atwoods Machine
  • Smartphone is placed in a plastic bag
  • App measures the acceleration
  • Data compared to theory
  • 99 accurate

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Acceleration App
  • Today is your lucky day!
  • Everybody in the audience gets it FREE!

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Centripetal Acceleration Lab
  • The phone is placed on a turntable and the app is
    run
  • a mv2 /r

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20th Century
21st Century
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Frequency and Oscilloscope
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Android Bluetooth Remote for Lego Mindstorm NXT
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Quantum Mystery
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THE Book!
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MIT App Inventor
  • App Inventor is Free
  • Simple pre-coded blocks make it relatively easy
    to use

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Blocks Editor
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Future Exploration
  • Smartphones have become indispensable
  • Ideas for future laboratories
  • Oscilloscope and Signalscope App
  • Gaussmeter for magnetic fields
  • Gyroscope for angular speed
  • Smartphones can reduce lab budget significantly
  • Students are excited about using smartphones

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Android Emulator on the PC
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Install App
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Thats All Folks
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