Smartphones in Physics and Engineering Education Dr. Shakur “Doc” Taylor Sinatra

And the $1 Billion Winner is …

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

Monkey See … Monkey Do!

Gotcha!

Antisymmetric Tracks … and the winner is?

Symmetry-breaking in Classical Physics

Atwood’s Machine Measure gravity by “slowing it down” Measured by hanging two slightly different masses and reading the acceleration

Atwood’s Machine Smartphone is placed in a plastic bag App measures the acceleration Data compared to theory 99% accurate

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

Centripetal Acceleration Lab The phone is placed on a turntable and the app is run a = mv 2 /r

20 th Century 21 st Century

Frequency and Oscilloscope

Android Bluetooth Remote for Lego Mindstorm NXT

Quantum Mystery

THE Book!

MIT App Inventor App Inventor is Free Simple pre-coded blocks make it relatively easy to use

Blocks Editor

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

Android Emulator on the PC

Install App

That’s All Folks …