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