The USCD trip was awesome. I really enjoyed the cave because I thought it was awesome that they could make a TV 3D without the glasses. I also enjoyed the projection screen of a hemoglobin cell. Controlling the movement we did was truly something to behol...
Today we programmed ultrasound sensors. We were able to get the ultrasound sensors to sense our movement and give us the distance from the sensors our hands were, but we failed to get the LED to grow brighter or darker. Ultimately it was a cool and helpf...
Today we learned how to program voids and make objects move using the mouse and keyboard. I thought it was awesome how we are able to create a game like Pacman and make an arc move around the screen. We also learned how to set borders and program keys to ...
Today we learned how to insert pictures and do rotation, scaling, translating, and moving them around. It was something new for me, but I very much enjoyed it. I cant wait to finish Pac-Man, but enjoy a little sidetracking that is educationally related....
Monday, July 9th: Intro to Robotics Today we began learning about robots. We were shown an awesome car called the Google Car that was programmed with all kinds of different sensors, including the laser sensor that told it where everything was in its way...
Tuesday July 14th Today we learned about functions and the purpose they serve. We started off by exporting pictures and being taught how to open them without having to go through the pain of opening processing then opening the document and then run it. We...
Tuesday July 18th Today we learned more about soldering and did a lab. We were given 5 wires(4 red and 1 green) that we had to strip and solder. Before this, I had no idea what soldering is. After today, I have learned what it is and also found out you us...
Wednesday, June 18th Today we learned more about the circles and translate. We were able to get the circles to move across the screen from left to right. We also went into arrays. I think these are personally awesome. We had an unexpected fire alarm tha...
Today we went on a field trip to Maker Place. It was a really cool experience and it had some pretty cool “exhibits” to us. I liked a few things in particular over all the others. I really liked the quilt maker, that machine was pretty awesome...
