RE: Raspberry Pi Educators Road Test: Side Project 1 the Visual-Pi-ser!

DAB — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:40:06 GMT

I just had a great idea.

If you combine your PI cam with the LED controllers, you could add spectral analysis to your crystal growing experiments.

I am not sure if anyone has looked at crystal formation in different illumination spectral bands.

You could get the class engaged in collecting a unique data set during their classes.

Then you can set them on a task to analyze the data to see if there are any interesting results in using multispectral photographs of the crystals.

If you are adventurous, there is a free software set called MULTISPEC from Purdue University that would allow your students to combine different spectral pictures.

If you check around, you might also be able to get STEM research funding.

Just a thought,

DAB