In this project, you will walk yourself through a series of simple steps and learn how to create a game of rock paper scissors in Javascript.
Here is the link: https://code-boxx.com/javascript-rock-paper-scissors-game/#sec-download
Learn more about how to code in Excel in these two simple projects!
Try your hand at this project that will walk you through on how you can create a MsgBox in excel, which is a dialog box you can use to inform users by showing a custom message! Here is the link: https://www.excel-easy.com/vba/msgbox.html
Also, you can try to create a Macro. A Macro is a feature in Excel that helps you automate repetitive tasks so that next time you can do the task in just a few clicks! Here is the link: https://www.excel-easy.com/vba/create-a-macro.html
We built the Zonodome!
Clarkston campus students, faculty, and staff assembled the Zonodome on 31 October 2018. The zonodome is a structure, based on the polar zonohedron, designed by mathematician George Hart. The structure consists of 193 3D-printed connectors called nodes and 384 struts. The structure stands approximately 11-feet high and is approximately 6-feet at its widest.
Dr. Sahithya Reddivari (Engineering; sreddivari@gsu.edu) and Dr. John Weber (Mathematics; jweber13@gsu.edu) led the community building efforts. For more information on the zonodome, contact either Dr. Reddivari or Dr. Weber.
Here are more pictures from the event on October 31st 2018: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5csu2ampa8h43zo/AAB44LlE4ordnmY6fvcCqeCJa?dl=0
For more information about art designed by George Hart and his other art: http://www.georgehart.com.
For more information about community-based art projects: https://www.wethebuilders.com.
This event was supported by State Farm, the Office of STEM Initiatives, and Student Life.
Obstacle avoiding robot
Over the summer 2018 semester, CLACEC built an Arduino powered obstacle avoiding robot.
The robot detects obstacles directly in front of its sensor and turns in the direction where there is more space to move. Here is a video of the Robot in action.
Student contact: Hassan Batesta (batesta1995@gmail.com)
Arduino powered Rain gauge
Update Thursday, 07/14/2018: Our weather station is now fitted with a temperature, humidity and pressure sensor. The chart below shows the data collected over the last two weekends.
Fred Buls is now working on connecting the weather station to the campus wifi. Once connected the internet the Arduino will transmit real time data to a webpage. The data will be made public for anyone to use.
Update Thursday, 06/28/2018: Do you know how much rain the Clarkston campus received last weekend? Our Arduino rain gauge estimated 0.24 inches!
The data collected by the Arduino had a number of spurious data points which we attribute to poor electrical connections in the circuit (the circuitry still uses a breadboard with no soldered connections). Always important to check the data before analyses.
Fred now plans to add a temperature, humidity and pressure sensor to the system.
Update Friday, 06/22/2018: The rain just missed us, not a single tip was recorded on the Arduino over Thursday night. Hoping for some rain over the weekend!
In preparation for a rainy Thursday night, we deployed the Arduino powered tipping bucket rain gauge. The new gauge has been set up next to an existing rain gauge between the C and G buildings on the Clarkston campus.
Thank you, Fred, for working on this project and thanks to everyone to who came out to support the first Arduino project!
Stayed tuned for updates on how the Arduino rain gauge performed and for rain data collected by the gauge.
Arduino interest group Thursdays 3PM – 4PM
Want to learn what all the rage about Arduinos (and other microcontrollers) is?
Come join students and faculty for an informal conversation about Arduinos and related projects. We meet every Thursday from 3 PM – 4 PM in the STEM Lab (CC 1180). You do not need to own an Arduino or have prior experience!
Last week we talked about retrofitting a tipping bucket rain gage with an Arduino. Fred Buls found an old abandoned rain gage and decided to revive the device with an Arduino. Right now the Arduino is able to print out the time of each tip. The group discussed how the device works and suggested additional improvements to the system including, a real-time clock, a data storage SD card and wifi capability.
This coming week we will check up on the rain gage and talk about other projects.