{"585364":{"#nid":"585364","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Video: Robotic Arms, Energy From Your Car\u0027s Suspension, Musical Coding, and More","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrian Magerko\u0026#39;s TuneTable was featured in Electronics 360. Magerko is an associate professor of digital media in\u0026nbsp;Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts School of Literature, Media, and Communication.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA novel method for teaching children computer programming basics will go on display at two museums in 2017. TuneTable, an interactive tabletop device, teaches kids programming basics while they put together a musical piece. A research team from \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E and Northwestern University, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, recently introduced the device. A user makes music with TuneTable by moving coaster-like markers around the interactive surface. Each marker is assigned a sound or a command. The surface uses computer vision to detect each marker\u0026rsquo;s function. The markers include basic programming that anyone learning programming would encounter. The table will be installed at the Museum of Design Atlanta in early 2017 and Chicago\u0026rsquo;s Museum of Science and Industry in the summer.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/electronics360.globalspec.com\/article\/7872\/video-robotic-arms-energy-from-your-car-s-suspension-musical-coding-and-more\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/electronics360.globalspec.com\/article\/7872\/video-robotic-arms-energy-from-your-car-s-suspension-musical-coding-and-more\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProject video:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2016\/12\/14\/musical-table-teaches-basics-computer-programming\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2016\/12\/14\/musical-table-teaches-basics-computer-programming\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2016-12-23 15:19:13","changed_gmt":"2016-12-23 15:19:13","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Gene transcription","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/electronics360.globalspec.com\/article\/7872\/video-robotic-arms-energy-from-your-car-s-suspension-musical-coding-and-more","dateline":{"date":"2016-12-22T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-12-22T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"585019":{"id":"585019","type":"image","title":"TuneTable 2","body":null,"created":"1481722902","gmt_created":"2016-12-14 13:41:42","changed":"1481722902","gmt_changed":"2016-12-14 13:41:42","alt":"TuneTable surface","file":{"fid":"223039","name":"Tune Table 1 resize.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Tune%20Table%201%20resize.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Tune%20Table%201%20resize.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":975437,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Tune%20Table%201%20resize.jpg?itok=lnkH34sc"}}},"media_ids":["585019"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"124","name":"Digital Media"},{"id":"172968","name":"TuneTable"},{"id":"14469","name":"Brian Magerko"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}