Free and low cost mobile sensor apps for Android and iOS. Useful for physics, engineering, STEM education, and more. Tweets from @RVieyraAEF and @chrystianv1
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Descubre las verdaderas capacidades de tu smartphone en este video de danielquisbert.ge0tic: ¡es probable que sean más de lo que habrías imaginado! tiktok.com/@danielquisbert.g…
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Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite was developed by Chrystian Vieyra for my students. I would never have expected that what we created would help produce a major transformation in physics education!
Article by Yiping Zhao at the Uni. of GA describes it well: iopscience.iop.org/article/1…
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Check out this tech journalism post about magnetometers and Physics Toolbox!
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26 Oct 2025
Our newsletter features the work of multiple students carrying out agricultural studies that use leaf color as an indicator of health and nutritional quality.
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31 Mar 2025
"Smart Hydrogels for Smartphone Compass-Based Chemical Sensing": When particular chemicals come into contact with a magnet-embedded pH hydrogel actuator, the smartphone senses a change in magnetic field.
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15 Mar 2025
Check out some new features for iOS users of Physics Toolbox in our most recent newsletter. Feature requests are always welcome!
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8 Dec 2024
Explore Curie temperatures with a magnet, temperature sensor, and your smartphone #magnetometer!
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24 Nov 2024
Smartphone magnetometers and GPS capabilities help find abandoned oil wells. "...the introduction of phone-based data collects represents a potential step-change in the volume of data available for analysis." pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
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22 Nov 2024
My NSF RETTL research team just published a paper in The Science Teacher about the use of LiDAR for making sense of motion graphs. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #openaccess #LiDAR #STEM
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4 Oct 2024
My colleague, Colleen Megowan-Romanowicz, did an amazing job showcasing Physics Toolbox's LiDAR Motion Visualizer at our recent National Council of Teachers of Mathematics workshop!
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11 Aug 2024
Physics Toolbox recently took a ride on a big ship, helping this blog's authors see the beauty in the patterns of ocean waves. joidesresolution.org/scienci…
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30 Jul 2024
If anyone wants to play around with a much more competent device, get physics toolbox (Vieyra Software), for Android and IOS. I never realized that smartphones had so many sensors built into them. Tremendous educational potential.
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27 Apr 2024
Pulling a smartphone along a flat surface can reveal some beautiful acceleration-time graphs, helping students to understand both Newton's 2nd law as well as kinetic friction on different surfaces. pubs.aip.org/aapt/pte/articl…
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27 Jan 2024
The journal of the @AIP_HQ, @PhysicsToday, recently featured Physics Toolbox on a spread in its January edition. Check out "Teaching Physics with Phones: A Game Changer?" pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/ar… #openaccess
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9 Nov 2023
Sound and Light Intensity Studies: Students of civil engineering in Indonesia participated in a series of activities using #Physics Toolbox to better understand the role of materials in absorbing light and sound. Check it out! iopscience.iop.org/article/1…
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7 Oct 2023
From @AM_Pendrill:
@TP_Science visited Liseberg to record a video about Helix, including drone videos, backstage footage - and a short discussion w/ Jurnan Schilder about the function of magnetic brakes. The 3D compass is part of the #PhysicsToolbox. See youtube.com/watch?v=XJCObg9y…
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Measurements of Driver Aggressiveness in Car-Sharing Activities
Physics Toolbox was used to measure driving aggressiveness as one factor that may influence satisfaction scores given by clients. mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/4/3295…
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