Learning Module 1: Raspberry pi display for trophy case
Joshua Kuchinsky and Nick Ali
During This learning module Josh and Nick decided to try and use a raspberry pi to put in the trophy case to display all the computer science projects from the past and for more future ones to come. We were able to get it working but we did have some difficutly with the raspberry pi and the internet but we were able to resolve it in the end.
Learning Module 2: Soldering practice kit
Joshua Kuchinsky and Donovan McHenry
During this learning module Josh and Donovan used a practice soldering kit to learn all the safetys and mechanics of soldering a circut board. The goal of the learning module was to learn how to properly solder parts to a board and learn where they should be oing based on the signs and words on the board. This project was interesting and was a little challenging in some parts where it was hard to get parts to stay in place while you tried to solder them there.
Learning Module 3: Arduinos
Joshua Kuchinsky and Kevin Bond
During this learning module Josh and Kevin did arduinos for the 6 days. They started with some basic LED circuits at the begining and were even able to get light sensors working and use buzzer sensors with ultrasonic sensors to buzz if someone got to close. These projects were pretty interesting and gave Josh and Kevin a good basic understanding of how arduino functions
Joshua Kuchinsky and Owen Deriter
During this learning module Joshua Kuchinsky and Owen Deriter attempted to create a moving hand with flex sensors. They attempted to do this by soldering flex sensors to a glove and use an arduino to communicate the flex of the sensors to the servos attached to the fingers on the 3D printed hand. This project gave Josh and Owen an even better understanding on how arduinos, flex sensors, and servo motors work.
Joshua Kuchinsky and Nathan Bach
During this learning module Joshua Kuchinsky and Nathan Bach decided to create a 2D platformer. Their goal was to work togethor on the basics and once they got past that they would design theyre own unique levels. They eventually ended up with two somewhat finished 2D video games with a few levels and an end screen.
Joshua Kuchinsky and Nick Ali
During this learning module Joshua Kuchinsky and Nick Ali were attempting to create a VR video game. They had a lot of problems because installing Unreal Engine on the laptops they had acess to was almost impossible because of the school internet restrictions. They ended up using an older version of unreal engine on the classroom desktop. They accomplished editing the basic template and changing the enviorment but they never fully got into the details of coding a game.
Josh and Nick Ali took seperate paths on this project. They both wanted to create a game using AI through tensorlfow. Josh did lots of research but because of at the time Josh's little understanding. Josh was able to accomplish a checkers game using a basic minimax algorithm that could find the best possible move by using a very basic algorithm that would just look moves ahead. Josh did get a better understading of python but still struggled to understand tensorflow's keras library.
Dom and Josh worked really hard on this learning module. They spent a lot of time mostly coming up with and idea and also testing their hardware. They had a few problems with the servos not working togethor but they solved this with different types of servos. This project in the end becamse very succesful where we were able to sort three different colors which included red, white and blue. The color sensor correctly identified every color when it was dropped into place. Overall this was a great project to learn more about different arduino sensors and more about the engineering world.