Cars, Helicopters, and Construction Zones
Cars, Helicopters, and Construction Zones
Mobile Sensors Providing Insight to
Electrical and Mechanical Machines
This month's newsletter is filled with lots of applications of Physics Toolbox and other mobile sensor apps for their use in improving the human-machine interface.
From measuring the effect of environmental disturbances on airlifted neonates in helicopters, to improving shock systems on cars, mobile sensors are proving to be just as good as commercial sensors in advancing engineering.
We hope that Physics Toolbox helps to inspire a love of learning and exploration in all our users!
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Enjoy this article from our Swedish colleagues as they explore students' conceptualizations of motion in vertical roller coaster loops, an activity that can be supported with the use of smartphone accelerometers.
This article funded by the NASA Space Science Education Consortium explores the possibilities of crowdsourcing Earth's gravimetric field data.
This article uses Physics Toolbox's magnetometer to measure the period of oscillation of rigid bodies.
Read a proceedings contribution from a UK educator, "Turn Your Phones On: Using Android Devices to Collect Scientific Data."
Professors at the Polytechnic University of Valencia are recognized by the Royal Spanish Society of Physics and the BBVA Foundation for their work with smartphone physics.
The video below, from one of our users, provides a solid overview of Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite for iOS.
Physics Toolbox around the Web
The Air Medical Journal recently published work by Dr. Deborah Gilmour and her team on the impact of light exposure on neonates during airlifts. The study also reveals the power of smartphones to monitor lux levels in clinical scenarios.
Physics Toolbox was used to map biking path roughness using the accelerometer to create a "Happy bike" map in Germany.
The Optical Society recently published an article demonstrating the power of using Physics Toolbox in technical research settings: "Active Loss Compensation in the Resonant Optical Gyroscope with a 'Reflector'."
In this article from Swedish researchers, smartphones were used to track the movement of dumpers at a construction site.
This Indonesian article consolidates some of the articles published on smartphone science, and lists some possible affordances of using mobile devices in teaching.
This French-language article uses Physics Toolbox Accelerometer to measure the performance of smart shocks for automobiles.
German researchers using Physics Toolbox have worked to minimize error in gait analysis by up to five times over conventional approaches.
Research funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation explores the potential for monitoring metabolic processes with MRI technology. Physics Toolbox's magnetometer was used in this high-level work.
Physics Toolbox at National Conferences
Physics Toolbox showed its work at iOS DevCon in September at Capital One. See a video recording of our presentation here.
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