For the first time, the Maker Faire Rome will feature the low-cost experiments concived by the professors who participated in the second edition of the "School of Physics with Arduino and Smartphones" (Sept. 6-8, 2017) at the Phyrtual Innovation Gym Fab Labs and promoted by the Department of Physics at Sapienza University in Rome in collaboration with the National Nuclear Physics Institute.
The 5th edition of the Maker Faire Rome begins today and will continue for three days. The Fondazione Mondo Digitale will be in Pavilion 4 (E2).
The “School of Physics with Arduino and Smartphones” is a three-day full-time activity that transforms professors, who have no experience in programming or electronics, into makers. They are taught to programme Arduino chipsets and use smartphone apps in half a day. Then, they are asked to design and develop a Physics experiment with the Arduino chipset, a few sensors and the smartphone - without turning to expensive devices - to make precise measurements.
Fondazione Mondo Digitale Stand
- Studying Friction Forces - Claudia Ferrone, Barbara Laudando and Giovanni Lopes
- Harmonic Oscillator - Alessandra Castelli, Sandra De Amicis and Manuela Tirocchi
- Light Absorption - Donatella Falciai and Maurizio Prisco
- Measuring Magnetic Fields - Claudia Vincenza Basile, Anna Loscalzo and Cristina Papalini
Sapienza University Stand
- Optical Inclined Plan–measuring friction through the non-conservation of energy
- Light Loss Over Distance - Viviana Amati, Piera Barcaccia and Sara Sidoretti
