Demos of the Final Projects

Close-up of the final project demos will be found below:

Sravya and Sonika: 

Mobile Application for Positive Outfit Configurations and Betterment of Health and Image

Claire and Charlotte:

The Creation of a Mobile Android Application Using Various Google Services to Enrich the COSMOS Experience

Sam and Eric:

Relocation of Independent Textiles via Mechanized Operating System

Finian and Andrew:

Computer Object Tracking and Pursuit Through Intermittent Image Processing

Brian N. and Brandon:

Automatic Cartography: The Utilization of Self-Operating Robots to Digitally Compile Maps

Andres and Cameron:

Infrared Operated Arduino Tri-Wheel Vehicle with Autonomous Electro-luminescence

Brian C. and Po:

Automated Object Detection and Transportation Device with Varying Speeds and Notification Signals

Marco and Mauri:

Autonomous First Response Search and Rescue Vehicle

Curtis and Adrian:

Removing Human Fallibility from Urban Roads Using Autonomous Vehicle Systems

Khelsey and Rachel:

Autonomous Scanning: The Utilization of Sensors to Monitor and Clean the Surrounding Environment

Research Expo - Final Project Presentations

The Research Expo, on our final day of COSMOS, showcased the final projects of our cluster.  Every student applied what they learned throughout the four weeks.  Teams of two proposed their own final project idea.  They ranged from unique AppInventor apps, Scribbler Robot algorithms, and Arduino projects.  Some combined Scribblers and Arduinos.  The faculty was extremely impressed with the effort, work and learning that was exhibited.  Below are the final presentations.

Sravya and Sonika: 

Mobile Application for Positive Outfit Configurations and Betterment of Health and Image

Claire and Charlotte:

The Creation of a Mobile Android Application Using Various Google Services to Enrich the COSMOS Experience

Sam and Eric:

Relocation of Independent Textiles via Mechanized Operating System

Finian and Andrew:

Computer Object Tracking and Pursuit Through Intermittent Image Processing

Brian N. and Brandon:

Automatic Cartography: The Utilization of Self-Operating Robots to Digitally Compile Maps

Andres and Cameron:

Infrared Operated Arduino Tri-Wheel Vehicle with Autonomous Electro-luminescence

Brian C. and Po:

Automated Object Detection and Transportation Device with Varying Speeds and Notification Signals

Marco and Mauri:

Autonomous First Response Search and Rescue Vehicle

Curtis and Adrian:

Removing Human Fallibility from Urban Roads Using Autonomous Vehicle Systems

Khelsey and Rachel:

Autonomous Scanning: The Utilization of Sensors to Monitor and Clean the Surrounding Environment

Arduino Projects

Friday we showed off our Arduino projects.  Servos, proximity sensors, and remote controls were some of the items we incorporated into them.  We infused our technical knowledge with our creativity to come up with a host of different final products.  Check them out!

Eric and Sravya - "Ballerina"

Rachel and Brandon - "Mickey Ferris Wheel"

Khelsey and Brian N. - "Disco Ball"

Curtis and Marco - "Kick the Balls"

Sam and Po - "Soccer"

Andrew and Brian C. - "Don Quixote"

Sonika and Finian - "Chase the Carrot"

Claire and Mauri - "SpongeBob"

Charlotte and Adrian - "Hypnotic Lollypop"

Cameron and Andres - "Waving"

Media Day

This past Monday (July 22) we had some special visitors.  Qualcomm came to check out our work, like did to them last week. Two local news stations, KUSI and KNSD (our NBC affiliate) came by to interview us.  They spoke to several students, Mrs. Miranda (our Teacher Fellow) and Professor Kastner (our lead faculty), took pictures and recorded video footage.  KUSI broadcast live feeds and had our entire cluster wave to end their morning broadcast.

KUSI aired the piece on us during their 6:00 PM and 10:00 PM broadcasts as well!  If you missed it (or don't get KUSI) here's a link: COSMOS on KUSI News.

Here are a few pictures from the day!

Professor Kastner being interviewed.

Cameraman checking out what we do.

  

Brian N being interviewed by Brad (KUSI reporter).

Sravya being interviewed by Brad (KUSI reporter). 

Curtis and Brian C. showing off their RoboArt.

Everyone's watching and recording! 

Eric speaking with a Qualcomm visitor.

Eric posing with the KNSD microphone.

Qualcomm Field Trip

On Monday, July 15, we visited Qualcomm.  Our hostess Nicole brought along some college interns to show us around.  We had a chance to talk to them about their schools (they were from all over the U.S.) and the differences between Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Electrical Engineering.  We had a great time and learned a lot touring the manufacturing floor, the Qualcomm museum and more!  Below are some pictures.

Signing in to get our visitor's badge

Qualcomm swag - journals and pens

Waiting for the elevators

Excited for our fist stop

Touring the museum - The evolution of cell phones/mobile devices since the beginning of Qualcomm

Touring the museum - Watching a video of the first mobile call demo made on the actual van used.

Touring the museum

Touring the museum

Touring the museum

Chatting with one of the interns

Touring the museum

Touring the museum

Touring the museum - Self-portrait and collage station

Interns sharing some of Qualcomm's technology

Our cluster!

Scribbler RoboArt Presentations/Demos

Our first project with Scribblers was to maneuver it to draw anything of our choice.  We learned a lot about programming in Python in doing so.  The "People's Choice" award went to Brian C. and Curtis for their "Domo".  The "Faculty Choice" went to Sonika and Brian N. for their "Petronas Towers" with an honorable mention to Marco and Mauri's "Computers in Everyday Life" artwork.

Below are our presentations with demos.

Mauri and Marco - "Computers in Everyday Life"

Rachel and Eric - "Mickey Logo"

Finian and Cameron - "Best Laid Plans... a letter"

Sonika and Brian N. - "Petronas Towers"

Po and Andres - "Nike Logo"

Sravya and Sam - "Two Flowers"

Charlotte and Brandon - "Sword and Stone"

Curtis and Brian C - "Domo"

Claire and Andrew - "One Up Mushroom"

Khelsey and Adrian - "Cube"

COSMOlympics time!

Friday evening was the annual COSMOlympics event.  Each cluster prepares a skit and cheer for the event.  Cluster 1 students performed amazingly and it was great fun watching them.  Watch how they applied our cluster's focus to their skit and cheer!

Cluster 1 Skit

Cluster 1 Cheer - "We got an app for that!"