{"id":15147,"date":"2017-12-12T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T17:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=15147"},"modified":"2017-12-13T09:43:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T17:43:29","slug":"capstone-symposium-highlights-camosun-talent-with-chess-bot-motion-synthesizer-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2017\/12\/12\/capstone-symposium-highlights-camosun-talent-with-chess-bot-motion-synthesizer-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Capstone Symposium highlights Camosun talent with Chess Bot, Motion Synthesizer, more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want to see a Chess Bot? This week, you\u2019ll get your chance. The device is a robot arm that\u2014you guessed it\u2014plays chess, and a Camosun student designed it. Ditto for the autonomous lawn mower. And the Motion Synthesizer.<\/p>\n

These inventions, and others created by graduating Camosun Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology students, will be on display at Interurban on Friday, December 15. The Capstone Symposium event will display nine inventions that range from a solar-powered composter to a computer that repairs church chimes, and will go down at the Interurban Babcock Interaction Lab, from 10 am until 2 pm.<\/p>\n

Camosun Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology chair Alan Duncan says the transformation of students in this program is phenomenal.<\/p>\n

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The Motion Synthesizer will be on display at the Capstone Symposium this Friday (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always exciting to see students in the Capstone Student Showcase. They start in the program knowing very little, and looking at what they\u2019re able to achieve in their projects is quite amazing,\u201d he says. \u201cThe change is transformational.\u201d<\/p>\n

The growth depends on the students\u2019 abilities to \u201cbreak down a problem and come up with a solution that meets their goals,\u201d says Duncan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe students are successful to have completed the entire program to this point and they\u2019re going to go on and have careers in local companies or companies worldwide,\u201d says Duncan. \u201cThey\u2019re going to be creating new products, solving solutions in many fields, from renewable energies to mechanical systems, heating and ventilation control\u2026 many, many different areas, their skills can be applied.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because things change and evolve extremely fast in the world of electronics, it\u2019s hard to say where the program is going, but one thing\u2019s for sure, he says: as technology gets more complex, interest in Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology is not diminishing at Camosun.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur program does very well keeping pace with some of the new technologies,” says Duncan. “Students get exposed to the same kind of microprocessors that are in cell phones and they learn the hardware and software to be able to use those devices effectively.\u201d<\/p>\n

Students can show potential employers these projects to prove they have experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s always new things around the corner,\u201d says Duncan, \u201cbut they\u2019ve got the foundational skills that enable them to grab hold of these new opportunities and run with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology student Bikramjit Singh, along with his classmates Amandeep Singh and Zachary Legg, made what is called the \u201cMotion Synthesizer\u201d over the span of three months. The machine allows users to control music through body motion; it supports HDMI output and has headphone jacks. The machine was built within a $250 budget. Singh says the most challenging part of the process was to figure out how to track a person\u2019s body and make those movements control the music.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was difficult because we wanted to make it robust and very smooth,\u201d he says, adding that he was relatively new to this concept and learned it in his own time outside of class. \u201cWe never learned that in our program, so we had to learn that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Singh is looking forward to sharing his invention with people at the showcase.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something different,\u201d he says, \u201cto control music by tracking objects and by body motion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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