Caption: Engineering Open House Guide - 2007
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10 EOH 2007 This exhibit is suitable for: All Electric Slide Whistle 1922 Electrical Engineering Professor Joseph Tykociner invents the first sound-on-film technology through a double feature motion picture that included ringing a bell and reading the Gettysburg Address. Tykociner’s invention is still used for sound-on-film today. Individual The MIDI Controlled Slide Whistle is a slide whistle which has been revamped, so that instead of requiring a human with skilled motion and breathing control to play, it accepts a standard MIDI signal, and actuates the slide whistle accordingly. Using a proportional control valve to monitor compressed air flow, we can vary the volume and duration of a given note. Then to slide the whistle to the correct position, a stepper motor is used to drive a carriage connected to the whistle. The coordination of these movements is realized by a microcontroller chip which analyzes said MIDI signal, provided by any MIDI compliant instrument. The setup allows the user to do some interesting things with the slide whistle that would normally be quite difficult. Location: Room 261 This exhibit is suitable for: All table that controls one entire team and will play the game against a human. Location: Room 261 This exhibit is suitable for: All G9 Impulse ECE 395 ADSL Video Game System Location: Room 261 This exhibit is suitable for: All Illinois Space Society Illinois Space Society The purposes of ISS are to (1) create a network of space supporters in the ChampaignUrbana area, (2) to serve the community through educational outreach, and (3) to provide supporters with resources that will assist them in following their dreams in the field of space exploration. Location: Room 143 This exhibit is suitable for: All Library & Information Science Fantasy to Reality: Why we go to Space 1927 Arthur Cutts Willard, a mechanical engineering professor, and later, president of the University of Illinois, designs the ventilating system for New York’s Holland Tunnel. Illinois Space Society Learn about modern luxuries developed through the space program that today we couldn’t think of living without. Location: Room 143 This exhibit is suitable for: All Foosbot ADSL Foosbot is a robotic foosball Graduate School of Library & Information Science More than just books! Librarians & information scientists advocate public access to information, intellectual freedom, information literacy, and service to all communities. Join us for storytelling, a live demonstration of our distance education program, and the innovations of the #1 Library & Information Science School in the U.S. Location: Room 260 This exhibit is suitable for: All
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