Collecting Data on Cultural Monuments

This intensive 5-day workshop included:

1. The workshop focused on Collecting Data on Cultural Monuments. Participants worked all week in mixed international teams. Each group of pupils had a device that simulated a security system to protect a work of art. The basis of the device was the BBC Micro:bit microcomputer connected to sensors measuring temperature, humidity, and light intensity. Also connected to the microcomputer was a motor that simulated the hiding of an object if tampering with that object was detected. The workshop aimed to program the device in such a way that it could obtain data on temperature, humidity, and light levels from a given location. Participants store the measured data in cloud storage. They used a computer or mobile device to work with the data in the cloud storage. The system also enables engine activation when handling the object (simulation of storing the thing in case of unauthorized handling). We carried out these particular activities:

a) getting to know the BBC Micro:bit microcomputer and its sensors,

b) familiarization with microcomputer programming in a graphic environment using graphic blocks,

c) familiarization with the MQTT protocol (protocol for communication of IoT devices),

d) connecting the microcomputer to the cloud storage,

e) programming the storage of data,

f) installation of the IoT MQTT Panel application on mobile phones,

g) configuring the application to access data in the cloud database,

h) programming the start of the engine when detecting the movement of an object (simulation of storing an object, in case of unauthorized handling),

i) creating web pages that display values from the database and also present the completed project.

2. One-day professional training in a specialized company Muller Intuitiv (the most prominent French company producing heating devices for the IoT smart home - https://www.muller-intuitiv.com/). The workshop in the company focused on the presentation of the company's data management. It also included a manifestation of the company's specialization and excursions into laboratory and production.

This student workshop was led by teachers and students from France from Monday, 8th May 2023, to Friday, 12th May 2023. The program ran from Monday to Thursday from 9:00 to 15:00-16:00; on Friday, there was the excursion to Paris. The workshop participants were 5 pupils from each partner school (6 from AT) and 2 accompanying persons. There are several results and outputs:

1. Short videos about the preparation for the training activity shot by participants from each partner school.

2. The workflow  to create the security system for the protection of a work of art. For technical reasons, it was not possible to preserve this system in digital form.

3. Storing data in the project database map.