Air drums, dancing “spiders,” and robodogs were among many cool student projects presented recently at the Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science.<\/p>\n
In a project fair held at the end of the spring semester, students graduating from the Technion’s Faculty of Computer Science presented their work. The faculty values independent work as part of the graduates’ training process, and such projects give students an opportunity to integrate what they have learned.<\/p>\n
The students presented various projects in the field of computer science, focused on the challenges they chose to tackle. Some created mobile apps for different uses; some developed programs to solve diverse problems; some delved into virtual reality; and others built devices, in the evolving field of Internet of Things (IoT). Multiple projects focusing on the Internet of Things were led by Itai Dabran and supervised by Tom Sofer, Michael Mendelson Mints, Vladimir Parakhin, Alon Binder, and others.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the most intriguing projects presented.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Play drums without\u00a0disturbing the neighbors<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Almog Algranti, Nadav Abayov, and Yarden Wolf, created air drums: using computer vision algorithms, their app detects the drumsticks in the user\u2019s hands, and plays music as if the user were seated at a drum set, recognizing both which drum is being struck, in what manner and with what force. \u201cI play the piano, and recently got interested also in drums,\u201d Algranti (filmed, below) explained. \u201cThis was an opportunity for me to create an ‘instrument’ that would let me practice without the financial investment in a drum set, and without disturbing the neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n