ISEF · 2014
Laser 3D Scanner
Embedded Systems
Our 3D scanner can make digital models of real objects using a laser pointer and a USB webcam. Scanning process takes from two to fifteen minutes (depending on scanning mode). Scanning accur…
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ISEF · 2014
Lunar Tide Contribution to Thermosphere Weather
Embedded Systems Second Award
Space weather affects military and civilian systems operating in or through space in several ways, including large variations in the atmospheric drag on satellites. As the utilization of low…
ISEF · 2014
Mammography Image Analysis to Ease Detection of Microcalcifications
Embedded Systems
White’s illusion defies the Standard Lateral Inhibition theory used to explain Simultaneous Brightness Contrast illusion. These two contradictory grayscale optical illusions have been unifie…
ISEF · 2014
Manipulated "Holograms": Fantastic Becomes Real
Embedded Systems
For years futurists have been imagining a world, where hologram technology is an integral part of everyday life (like Tony Stark’s lab in “IronMan”). My project is aimed to turn this vision…
ISEF · 2014
Optimizing Computing Power in Predicting an Individual's Response to Certain Toxins
Embedded Systems
I tried to determine if there was a chromosome that could best predict an individual's response to toxins so that my process could be shortened for future use. I started out with a spreadshe…
ISEF · 2014
Optimizing Digital Content for Color-Blind Audiences Using Enhancement Algorithms
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
Around 7% of the world's population is color-blind. The aim is to determine the most effective algorithm to optimize digital content for color-blind viewers and to develop an application tha…
ISEF · 2014
Panthera: Caching and Cache-based Scheduling in Distributed Computing Systems
Embedded Systems Third Award
The adoption of distributed computing systems has grown massively in the past few years. In particular, Apache Hadoop, which allows developers to create applications that run on a cluster of…
ISEF · 2014
Physics Interactive Materials Program
Embedded Systems
Is a program that teaches physics in an interactive way. The program is divided into sections according to the areas of physics and each section is further divided into sub-areas. The progra…
ISEF · 2014
Pi to Share: Utilizing the Raspberry Pi as a Home File Server
Embedded Systems
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if a Raspberry Pi could be utilized as a low cost, energy efficient, home file server, and perform competitively in both speed and total cost…
ISEF · 2014
Plantation Improvement Simulator
Embedded Systems
The goal of this project is to make a management plan for raising crops by considering various farming circumstances. The project uses its database and the current status of user's managemen…
ISEF · 2014
Pleistocene Rancholabrean Large Mammalian Fauna from Aransas River, San Patricio County, Texas
Embedded Systems
This study examines the paleoenvironment of the Pleistocene Rancholabrean (210,000 – 11,000 years ago) large mammalian fauna from the Aransas River, San Patricio County, Texas based on the 1…
ISEF · 2014
Predicting Epileptic Seizures Using an Android™ Application
Embedded Systems
Epilepsy afflicts 50 million people worldwide, and any type of seizure has the potential to be dangerous, especially if the victim is unprepared. Epileptic patients need an easy and convenie…
ISEF · 2014
Procedural Generation of Earth-Like Planets
Embedded Systems
The purpose of this year’s research and development was to add to the accuracy of the previously produced earth-like planets. To accomplish this I have shifted much of the code of the progra…
ISEF · 2014
Real-time Poll System Using Cumulative Voting System
Embedded Systems
The aim of this project is to provide real-time preference of each candidate during election. If there is an election, such as president or congressmen, many organizations and broadcasting c…
ISEF · 2014
Rocket Application
Embedded Systems
Whatsapp, Skype, Hangout … all these messaging services offer the same features (Texting , voice mail ,file sharing …) with different UI. So we decided to make an innovative, practical messa…
ISEF · 2014
Save Real Objects as Files
Embedded Systems
In an effort to make the technology that is 3D scanning more widely affordable, I looked for ways to bring real objects into the digital world while using the least amount of resources. The…
ISEF · 2014
Secure Data Encryption Algorithm
Embedded Systems
An Instant Messaging Software that sends and receives information securely through a network such as the internet using a secure algorithm was created. This software is comprised of two part…
ISEF · 2014
SocialGrid: Utilising Power of Social Networks for Distributed Computing
Embedded Systems
Today discoveries in science are hardly possible without using massive computing power and processing large amounts of data. Unluckily, few researchers can afford to create and support their…
ISEF · 2014
Talking Keyboard for the Blind
Embedded Systems
With the development and advancement of life, and the spread of modern communication technologies, with an emphasis on the computer, it is a right for people with special needs to use the co…
ISEF · 2014
The Mind: Graphics and Physics Hybrid Engine for Video Games
Embedded Systems
One of the pillars of modern economics is videogames; they have been one of the main entertainment systems in the past four decades. The videogames are made up of two parts: the graphics and…
ISEF · 2014
The Oldest Coast Redwoods from the Middle Jurassic of North China and Its Environmental Significance
Embedded Systems
This project focuses on a pair of fossil materials (part and counterpart) from the Middle Jurassic at the village Daohugou, Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, China. The ce…
ISEF · 2014
The PART* Program: Improving Emergency Response Times (Police and Ambulances Regulating Traffic)
Embedded Systems
The effectiveness of Emergency Response Vehicles (ERV) affects thousands of lives and properties that are at risk each day globally because approximately 1 in 2 ERVs does not reach its desti…
ISEF · 2014
The "Wisdom" of the Ancient Insects
Embedded Systems
Neuroptera (lacewings) is an ancient order of Insecta, extending back to the Early Permian. The Middle Jurassic neuropterans have various types of wing markings. This study is to address two…
ISEF · 2014
Three Dimensional Imaging in a Two Dimensional Domain without the Use of 3-D or Special Glasses: An Experiment to Determine if Increasing Switching Speeds and Vertical Displacement between Alternating Stereoscopic Images Will Further Enhance 3-D Depth Perception.
Embedded Systems
The hypothesis for this experiment is if a human views alternating stereoscopic video images displayed in a two-dimensional domain, such as a television screen or computer monitor at increas…
ISEF · 2014
Tidal Rhythms Recorded in Precambrian Banded Iron Formations
Embedded Systems
Banded iron formations (BIFs) are vividly banded marine deposits formed during the Precambrian. While relatively little is known about their formation processes, BIFs are considered to have…
ISEF · 2014
Trailblazer: Cooperative, Infrastructure-Independent Generation of Indoor Floor Maps using Handheld Android Mobile Devices
Embedded Systems Third Award
Recent developments concerning indoor mapping and navigation have relied primarily on preexisting or manually developed floor plans, a condition precluding such improvement to locations wher…
ISEF · 2014
Translator of Gestures: Human Interface Software
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
In extreme situations deaf-mute people have some communicative difficulties because of the language barrier. For example, as occurs when a deaf-mute person cannot ask for help. We have desig…
ISEF · 2014
Turn Your Standard Screen in to a Touch Screen
Embedded Systems
This work is to demonstrate how simple it can be to convert a computer screen into an interactive screen, this is because we are replacing the cursor with an infrared pen, then, with this we…
ISEF · 2014
Using Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision in Creating an Operating System for Head-Mounted Displays
Embedded Systems
Computers have always been a huge part of our lives, whether in desktop or mobile applications. Some think of the mobile as the future, yet with the computational power constantly evolving i…
ISEF · 2014
Using the Fractal Dimension to Diagnose Cancer
Embedded Systems
Now there are many ways to detect cancer in its early stages, but they are inaccurate and final results will be obtained through quite a long time. So it is important to find a method of dia…