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

3. And the $1 Billion Winner is …

4. 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

5. Monkey See … Monkey Do!

6. Gotcha!

7. Antisymmetric Tracks … and the winner is?

8. Symmetry-breaking in Classical Physics

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

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

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

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

13. 20 th Century 21 st Century

14. Frequency and Oscilloscope

15. Android Bluetooth Remote for Lego Mindstorm NXT

16. Quantum Mystery

17. THE Book!

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

19. Blocks Editor

20. 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

21. Android Emulator on the PC

22. Install App

23. That’s All Folks …