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LaserComm at MOXI for Summer 2019

8/21/2019

 
Animation of dry ice on laser beamDry Ice "Bucket o' Steam" to make the beam visible.
After the successful pilot LaserComm workshop at the MOXI Wolf Science Museum, the activity will be hosted by the UCSB Outreach volunteers again on the following days:
  • Saturday 8/24 @ 9:00am - 12:00 pm
  • Thursday 9/19  @ 10:00am - 1:00 pm

On 9/19, we will be hosting the activity for local middle school students who will be visiting the museum. We learned a couple of ways to improve the LaserComm activity from our pilot workshop, so we expect even more fun and learning in the workshops to come! 
More detailed info on this activity can be found here.


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Using a Smoke Machine to make the red laser beam visible. (from left: Demis D. John, Joel Guo, Sam Shaw)
photo of family guidiing red laser light
PhoSoc president Takako Hirokawa helps a family experiment with the bent plastic "guide" and mirror.

MOXI Museum Pilot LaserComm Activity

8/12/2019

 
Sam Shaw at the MOXI Wolf Science Museum held a pilot workshop on August 11 2019 to test out the PhoSoc LaserComm activity with local kids and families. 
The newly revised activity uses laser cut components, printed circuit boards and 3D Printed mounts to allow museum visitors to focus entirely on manipulating light.  See the LaserComm activity page for more info.


​We made all the components fit onto a peg-board, which has sides to prevent stray laser light and allow kids to see where the light is going. The activity includes the following components:
  • Red Laser & LED transmitters that send music from a connected iPad/iPod. Powered by USB adaptors.
  • Solar-Cell Receivers hooked up to portable speakers for immediate audible feedback.
  • Mirrors mounted to pegs (One with a plastic coat to diffuse the light)
  • Tape on Plexiglass acting as optical diffuser
  • Three different glass lenses mounted to flat bases
  • Bent Plastic “Guide” mounted to flat base
  • 3 tall Walls on pegs, to make a “challenge” where kids have to get the light to reach a detector behind the Wall. 
  • Fog machine or Dry Ice for making beams visible.
(You can use our original DIY LaserComm instructions to build your own at home!)  
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    Outreach Team

    These activities were developed by the PhoSoc at UCSB's Outreach Team, or individuals who are part of the team.

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