Michael Breed
It would be interesting to see if anyone with some programming knowledge
could put together a seismac version for the iPhone or iPod Touch, both
of which have built-in accelerometers. They will form the basis for
many hand-held games in the new app store opening on July 11. The
beauty of using the handhelds is the portability the offer.
Michael Breed
Michael Breed
Chenango Valley High School Science Dept.
1160 Chenango Street
Binghamton, NY 13901
(607) 779-4743 x4248
Sorry that this reply is late. I have used SeisMac in numerous
Teacher professional developments with success. To give you a flavor
for how I have used it, I have sketched out two activities which can
be found under lessons and resources from the IRIS E&O webpage http://
www.iris.edu/hq/audience/educators. The first activity is designed
to help students make a connection between the display and
seismograms. In the second activity students explore how hard the
ground shakes during an earthquake. The tool is especially
powerful when combined with these animations http://www.iris.edu/hq/
programs/education_and_outreach/aotm/9 .
PS> For those that don't have a powerbook handy, keep in mind that
your physics department is likely to have accelerometers as part of
their probeware packages. These are equally as useful for conveying
the concepts.
If anyone has any questions or suggestions for the activities please
be sure to contact me as I would be quite keen to hear from you.
Best Wishes,
Michael
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Education Specialist
IRIS Consortium
607-777-4612
www.IRIS.edu
hubenth<at>iris.edu
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could put together a seismac version for the iPhone or iPod Touch, both
of which have built-in accelerometers. They will form the basis for
many hand-held games in the new app store opening on July 11. The
beauty of using the handhelds is the portability the offer.
Michael Breed
Michael Breed
Chenango Valley High School Science Dept.
1160 Chenango Street
Binghamton, NY 13901
(607) 779-4743 x4248
Hi Katie,Michael Hubenthal <Michael.Hubenthal<at>iris.edu> 07/01/08 10:11 AM >>>
Sorry that this reply is late. I have used SeisMac in numerous
Teacher professional developments with success. To give you a flavor
for how I have used it, I have sketched out two activities which can
be found under lessons and resources from the IRIS E&O webpage http://
www.iris.edu/hq/audience/educators. The first activity is designed
to help students make a connection between the display and
seismograms. In the second activity students explore how hard the
ground shakes during an earthquake. The tool is especially
powerful when combined with these animations http://www.iris.edu/hq/
programs/education_and_outreach/aotm/9 .
PS> For those that don't have a powerbook handy, keep in mind that
your physics department is likely to have accelerometers as part of
their probeware packages. These are equally as useful for conveying
the concepts.
If anyone has any questions or suggestions for the activities please
be sure to contact me as I would be quite keen to hear from you.
Best Wishes,
Michael
---------------------------------
Michael Hubenthal
Education Specialist
IRIS Consortium
607-777-4612
www.IRIS.edu
hubenth<at>iris.edu
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feedback users have – has it been a big success, have you had any
problems, etc.?
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Hi Mike,
I pinged Dan Griscom, the author of SeisMac, to see if he had thought
about this. Please see his reply below.
Hi Dan,
Oh, I've certainly thought about it. My biggest concern would be the
This was posted on the IRIS Seismographs in Schools list. Looks
like inquiring minds want to know if you have you tinkered around
in the iPhones yet?
sample rate, or limitations thereof. There is already a very simple
seismograph program out there, written for jailbroken iPhones (i.e.
it's an application that is installed in a non-Apple-approved way).
It uses backdoor methods to get at the accelerometer, and can do
approximately 40 samples per second if you turn on the "Priority
Boost" setting.
See http://www.robota.nl/products/iPhone%20AcceleroLog.html.
But! this doesn't use Apple's API, and almost certainly wouldn't past
muster for distribution via Apple's channels. Apple's API doesn't
(seem to) lend itself to software demanding value after value (as
SeisMac does and this app probably does). Your app registers as a
listener and then the system sends you an acceleration event when it
feels like it. The rate would be fast enough for acceleration control
of apps, so it would be at least, say, 10Hz, but I'm guessing it
wouldn't be much more than that.
Add that concern to my perpetual lack of time, plus my lack of need
for a new cellphone (although the iPod Touch also has an
accelerometer) and I've not gone further into the issue.
Thanks,
Dan
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Suitable Systems http://www.suitable.com/
1 Centre Street, Suite 204 (781) 665-0053
Wakefield, MA 01880-2400
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Michael Hubenthal
Education Specialist
IRIS Consortium
607-777-4612
www.IRIS.edu
hubenth<at>iris.edu
On Jul 1, 2008, at 8:51 PM, Michael Breed wrote:
It would be interesting to see if anyone with some programming
knowledge
could put together a seismac version for the iPhone or iPod Touch,
both
of which have built-in accelerometers. They will form the basis for
many hand-held games in the new app store opening on July 11. The
beauty of using the handhelds is the portability the offer.
Michael Breed
Michael Breed
Chenango Valley High School Science Dept.
1160 Chenango Street
Binghamton, NY 13901
(607) 779-4743 x4248
Hi Katie,Michael Hubenthal <Michael.Hubenthal<at>iris.edu> 07/01/08 10:11 AM
Sorry that this reply is late. I have used SeisMac in numerous
Teacher professional developments with success. To give you a flavor
for how I have used it, I have sketched out two activities which can
be found under lessons and resources from the IRIS E&O webpage http://
www.iris.edu/hq/audience/educators. The first activity is designed
to help students make a connection between the display and
seismograms. In the second activity students explore how hard the
ground shakes during an earthquake. The tool is especially
powerful when combined with these animations http://www.iris.edu/hq/
programs/education_and_outreach/aotm/9 .
PS> For those that don't have a powerbook handy, keep in mind that
your physics department is likely to have accelerometers as part of
their probeware packages. These are equally as useful for conveying
the concepts.
If anyone has any questions or suggestions for the activities please
be sure to contact me as I would be quite keen to hear from you.
Best Wishes,
Michael
---------------------------------
Michael Hubenthal
Education Specialist
IRIS Consortium
607-777-4612
www.IRIS.edu
hubenth<at>iris.edu
On Jun 19, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Katie Stofer wrote:
Hi – I’m trying to convince a colleague to loan her Powerbook for a
_______________________________________________
SeisMac demo (mine’s circa 2003). She’s curious to hear any
feedback users have – has it been a big success, have you had any
problems, etc.?
------
Kathryn Stofer
TerraLink Exhibit Manager
Maryland Science Center
601 Light Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
p 410.545.5976
f 410.545.5974
http://www.marylandsciencecenter.org
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