Rocket Slinger

Lucas Chung, Shreiya Chowdhary

An ITP arcade game that teaches you the fundamentals of orbital trajectories using rockets!

http://chung.work/blog/2018/02/orbital-slingshot-game/

Description

Rocket Slinger is an exciting game that teaches kids about orbital trajectories.

It features a physical controller that enables users to aim and launch rockets

with precision. It will be on display for a two hour period on May 13th at the

New York Hally of Science.

Classes

Designing Games for Kids

Digital Fern

Lucas Chung

This project will be a robotic limb actuated with hydraulic cylinders using a neural network to move it towards points of light.

http://chung.work/blog/2018/04/digital-fern-branch-prototype/

Description

The Digital Fern is a robotic limb that uses syringes as hydraulic cylinders and mimics the behavior of plants by unfurling in the presence of light. Users will be invited to interact with it by controlling a light and seeing how the Digital Fern behaves as a reaction.

The Digital Fern is controlled by a simple trained neural network being run on a laptop nearby.

Classes

The Nature of Code, XYZ