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Roller Coaster ~ Smart Sticks
Studied and designed a roller coaster that was named Smart Sticks. The primary idea of “Smart Sticks” is that it allows children, ages 9-11, to build roller coasters out of a construction kit, which consists of slightly malleable pieces (to enable curves, bends etc to be created) that are blue-tooth enabled so that the pieces perceive each other, and, when the structure is complete, can communicate with computer software that creates a three-dimensional image on the computer screen. From the computer screen, it is possible to run simulations, build an environment for the roller coaster and store the construction for future use.
Our design was the result of a theory and real-world observation