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  Session: Labs/Apparatus
  Paper Type: Poster
  Title: Even More Physics Experiments Using Your Smartphone
  Meeting: 2018 Summer Meeting: Washington, DC
  Location: N/A
  Date:
  Time: 9:15PM
  Author: Arturo C. Marti,, UdelaR, Montevideo, Uruguay,
97223639, marti@fisica.edu.uy
  Co-Author(s): Martin Monteiro,, Cecilia Cabeza,, Cecilia Stari,
  Abstract: Smartphone usage has expanded dramatically worldwide in recent years. Indeed, it is everyday more frequent to use smartphones as clocks, cameras, agendas, music players or gps. More remarkable is the habit, especially among young people, of bringing their smartphones every time and everywhere. It is impressive that smartphones usually incorporate several sensors, including accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers. Although these sensors are not supplied with educational intentions in mind, they can be employed in a wide range of physical experiments, especially in high school or undergraduate laboratories. Moreover, experiments with smartphones can be easily performed in non-traditional places as playgrounds, gyms, travel facilities, among many others. We show some of the capabilities of the smartphones and discuss some interesting physics experiments using them. The selected experiments involve accelerometer, gyrometer, magnetometer, luxometer and proximity sensors. It is worth mentioning that this technology allows the simultaneous use of different accelerometers. Additional information: http://smarterphysics.blogspot.com.
  Footnotes: None
  Presentation: AAPT2018-Poster-Even more Physics experiments using your smartphone.pdf

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