The common theme of the first module was ´Sports´ and many student teams came up with very interesting projects more or less related to this topic. Each group attended the Presentation Fair, where they presented their work in an interactive way.
Interactive videos
The most interactive projects were created by students from the program of Creative Technology. Many of them made interactive films or videos, during which the viewer gets a chance to make decisions and influence the outcome of the story.
For example, in a film titled ´Moscow Murderer´ the viewer plays the role of a detective investigating a murder. By choosing which places to search and what questions to ask the spectator either solves the case or loses the job. Another great interactive film called Escalation takes place during an alien invasion after which humans begin to turn into zombies. Slightly less dramatic, but still well executed project is an interactive film Felicia, a story of a young couple that can – based on your decisions, of course - have a very happy or tragic ending.
Twitter dashboard
Students of Technical and Computer Science focused on Twitter dashboard. Project Tweet Care, for instance, is aimed at medical staff and securing faster help for injured people. Tweet Care analyzes Tweets and makes a selection of relevant messages that help the medic to get important information and send help to where it´s needed. This smart idea serves only as a prototype at the moment, but perhaps it could be used during events such as Batavierenrace in the future.
Science behind sports
Projects created by students of Advanced Technology revolved around science behind different sports. One student group focused on table tennis and came up with a mathematical model to determine what will happen during the game. Another team worked on ´Human Running Analysis´ and used pressure pads to track the movement of the knee and centers of different body part masses. Understanding the movement can contribute to reducing injuries that occur during running.
Choose the best project
Not only that a panel of judges walked around to choose the best project, people could also vote for their personal favorite to give them a chance to win the popularity contest decided by the visitors.
