One of my latest projects is to design a new method for students to be selected to present their work in class, that also integrates RFID technology into its use. Thus, the RFID ‘hot potato’ game has been developed as a slightly more participatory and fun solution to the problem.
The concept is that students are given a ‘potato’ with an RFID reader and bluetooth arduino board embedded inside. Each student wears an RFID tag ring, and the potato is programmed to light up once a randomized number of tags are read. The students pass the potato around like in the game hot potato, and when the RFID potato lights up, the student holding the potato is selected to present. The student’s presentation is loaded by the computer (via the bluetooth arduino) and he presents. Afterwards, the potato is reset and the game starts over.
The project is only about halfway to completion, so I’ll probably end up making a new post with pictures of the sketch model and final prototype. It’s been a neat process, though- I love having an excuse to work with RFID, especially when I can make it fun.
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That is all kinds of awesome…can’t wait to see the final results!
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Nov 03 09 at
09:51
