The Rotaing Globe
For years scientists and scholars alike have been plagued by one common obstacle which, until now, has proven to be impossible to overcome. How do you find the country you want on a globe? Sure, the easy answer is to just use the longitude and latitude coordinates, but really, that's quite confusing. Some may even say to just do a web search to take a look at the country, but this really doesn't have the convenience we're looking for, and could potentially take hours or even days to finally get an answer. This is why we've developed a globe that will spin and point to 1 out of a possible 11 countries you wish to see. This may not appeal to some, but we feel that for a generally useless gadget that can possibly make a difference in about a dozen peoples' lives, nothing can beat "The Rotating Globe".
The general concept is simple. We asked a friend to name the first gadget that came to mind and he said, "I want a globe that will spin to any country I want". So, we delivered. Using an Atmel microcontroller, and few motors, and a lot of scotch tape, we make one of the greatest contributions to educational technology ever invented by make a globe that will, indeed, spin to any country you want. The result is a system that is both educational and mildly amusing.
Link: http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/e...ating_globe.htm
For years scientists and scholars alike have been plagued by one common obstacle which, until now, has proven to be impossible to overcome. How do you find the country you want on a globe? Sure, the easy answer is to just use the longitude and latitude coordinates, but really, that's quite confusing. Some may even say to just do a web search to take a look at the country, but this really doesn't have the convenience we're looking for, and could potentially take hours or even days to finally get an answer. This is why we've developed a globe that will spin and point to 1 out of a possible 11 countries you wish to see. This may not appeal to some, but we feel that for a generally useless gadget that can possibly make a difference in about a dozen peoples' lives, nothing can beat "The Rotating Globe".
The general concept is simple. We asked a friend to name the first gadget that came to mind and he said, "I want a globe that will spin to any country I want". So, we delivered. Using an Atmel microcontroller, and few motors, and a lot of scotch tape, we make one of the greatest contributions to educational technology ever invented by make a globe that will, indeed, spin to any country you want. The result is a system that is both educational and mildly amusing.
Link: http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/e...ating_globe.htm