Emma worked with Dominick R to learn soldering as her first learning module. She learned how to solder wires, desolder, and completed a practice project. The completed circuit board lit up LEDs and played noises.
Emma worked with An L to learn how to use the Microbit, along with the Maqueen robot. They learned how to program Microbits using the Microsoft Makecode editor. Once they were comfortable with that, they taught themselves how to code Maqueens, and made two projects, crash prevention and a remote with a separate microbit.
Emma worked with Nick A to learn how to use an Arduino. They worked in the online Arduino IDE, following tutorials to learn how to do the wiring for different projects. Using their newfound knowledge, Emma and Nick edited tutorial code to have three LEDs light up based on how far away something was from an ultrasonic sensor, like a DIY backup camera.
Emma worked with Dominick R to learn how to use Unity. Their goal was to learn the basics and make a VR game for the Oculus. They followed online tutorials and tutorials supplied by Unity for the learning portion. They were able to make a code that turned a "training dummy" red when touched, but unfortunately, they were unable to get the game to play through the Oculus.
Emma worked with An L to learn the inner workings of Santa dolls. They wanted to learn how Santa dolls work, and possibly make changes to them. They first took Santa apart and looked at how he was wired and how the motors worked. Then they decided to attach an Ultrasonic Sensor so Santa can turn on when people walk by.
Emma worked with Owen D to learn the basics of TensorFlow. They mainly did research on TensorFlow and machine learning. They then split off and each made a project. Emma followed an Udacity course, did more research, and created 3 different machine-learning models. She followed tutorials for all 3 and then edited them herself to make them more efficient.