Browsing articles in "Prototyping"
David Kanter, Ph.D.
Dr. David Kanter, director of SciPlay, joined the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) in September of 2010 as the inaugural director of the Sara Lee Schupf Family Center for [...]
SciGames: Slide Game
In the Slide game, light sensors positioned at the top and bottom of a playground slide help calculate each student’s speed down the slide, allowing participants to investigate friction, and [...]
SciGames: Ball and Mallet
In SciPlay’s Ball and Mallet game, kids explore circular motion by moving a small bowling ball in a circle using a mallet, while a camera and projector track and display the [...]
Testing the SoundStage
“I learned to embrace the chaos and let the kids have fun,” says Brett Murphy, a student at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. Learning to love the chaos resulted from a [...]