StarLAB: Developing a hardware based learning platform for students
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Space‑sized sensor board turned classroom rover with thermometer, IR, ambient light, UV, barometer, IMU and camera, programmable over school Wi‑Fi via a Raspberry Pi and a simple Python API that supports 30 simultaneous student connections and outputs sensors in real SI units. Deployed in ~50 schools, sold as a classroom kit (around $1,700) and paired with lesson plans, teacher training and an expansion port; used for data logging, PyGame remote control and a Mars rover autonomous challenge.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:50A resounding failure
- 3:00Mindstorms
- 4:18STEM Education
- 5:22StarLAB
- 7:25Online platform
- 9:00Teacher training
- 10:05Hardware design
- 12:00Project update
- 13:20Team
- 19:35Commercial availability
- 20:15Raspberry Pi
- 21:05Arduino Hardware
- 22:25How long does it take
- 24:05Questions
- 25:05Teachers adding their own electronics
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