Kinetic Artwork - Interactive Computer Science
This booth lets kids interact with small simple computers. Different demonstrations show: interactive sound creation, light display, and computer control. With these inexpensive computers, Kids can create their own interactive toys. Yet, the toys are not just toys. Some of the moving kinetic art demonstrates basic mechanical engineering: how rotation is converted to back-and-forth motion, or how gears interact. What is the difference between gears and pulleys? Come find out. Some kids use these ideas to make cool costumes for cosplay, make their own games, create robots for watering their plants or controlling cameras. The field of Computer Science that read sensors and makes motors move is called physical computing. Microcomputers, like Arduinos and Raspberry Pi computers, are so small they can be sewn into clothing to create wearable computers. These make fun costumes, fashion statements, and nerd-gear. Come experience these sight and sound demonstrations. Every year something is different!
Twin children, finally allowed to interact with something. They had fun hearing which noises were created. Come see what is new this year!
At this point, one of the kids realized that Dr. Kinsman had a shirt that lights up like Iron Man! Come see
This young man picked out a rock, and put it under the camera. The computer vision system identified it, with a degree of confidence. Then he learned about what degrees of confidence were and how they work!
This child learned that when she waved the "magic spatula" the lights on the box light up! This is an example of a one-transistor computer. There were much more complicated computers there too! Come see what is new this semester!
Come see how gears were once used to make clocks. Time has always been something that is important to compute. Before super accurate clocks, we had gravity to drive gears. (If you are curious, you can search for "Analog computer".)
Analog computers were used to compute when eclipses would occur, as far back as 100 years BCE. Come see how gears can be used to do math. (For more information, search for information about the Antikythera mechanism.)
Topics
Exhibitor
Thomas Kinsman
Bertan Berker
Jd Rears
Garret Arcoraci
Nate Appleby
Shivam Parashar
Evelyn Zou
Dan Rigoglioso
Hannah Hlotyak
Anthony Audi
Dennis Murphy
Brian Williams
Jacob Sakelarios
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Sherman Zhou
Serena Akpoyibo
Ethan Borys
Robert Hochgraf
kat delaney
Ashley Liew
Joe Meyer
Caiden Williams
Vivek Senthil
Dory VanKlootwyk-Forde
Lucie Lim
Prajwal Jaiswal
Pranav Sehgal
Zack Bamford
Jared Nobles
Ted Kinsman
Kamron Cole
Lucas Cleary
Anshul Kiyawat
Bruce Kinsman
Advisor(s)
Thomas B. Kinsman is the primary exhibitor
Organization
Every year since 2014, (except during the Pandemic) Dr. Kinsman has put together a demonstration of Interactive Computer Science, micro-controllers, actuators, and THINGS STUDENTS MIGHT WANT TO LEARN ABOUT. This year we are adding Kinetic Art, as an exam
Thank you to all of our sponsors!
