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Demonstrating Induction with PocketLab Voyager

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Submitted by PocketLab on Mon, 08/14/2017 - 17:51

PocketLab Voyager is in the middle of a coil of wire. The rest of the wire is also wrapped in a coil, and a magnet is used to induce a current through the coil/wire. The magnetic field from the coil around the Voyager is then measured by the Voyager's magnetometer. The right hand rule tell us the magnetic field from the coil will be along the z-axis of the PocketLab Voyager. In the video you can see the z-axis of the magnetic field graph (lower graph) change each time the magnet enters. Science is awesome!

How to Share your PocketLab Story

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Submitted by PocketLab on Fri, 08/11/2017 - 22:12

How are you using PocketLab to explore the world around you? Share your PocketLab Story today!
1) Email thepocketlab(at)gmail.com a quick description of how you used your PocketLab. Be sure to attach any videos or pictures you want to include. We'll post it to the PocketLab Stories page for you. 

2) Click the "Add Content" link to the left, then click "PocketLab Story" to post the story yourself. You can attach images from your PocketLab experiment or embed a YouTube video using the tool bar at the top of the post

New PocketLab Voyagers and Weathers are Shipping!

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Submitted by DaveBakker on Mon, 08/07/2017 - 18:50

The PocketLab office buzzing with excitement. Boxes are stacked to the ceiling with our new PocketLab Voyager and Weather parts, probes and accessories, and shipping materials. There's almost no space to walk around. Everyone is busy hand assembling and testing the new units before they ship, and each package gets a double and sometimes triple check as we sort out our shipping procedures. It's a busy time for the PocketLab team!

PocketLab and the Society for Women Engineers at Santa Clara University

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Submitted by DaveBakker on Thu, 08/03/2017 - 18:39

We were proud to be invited to do a summer program for about 70 high school girls aspiring to be future engineers at Santa Clara University. The week long program was called GetSET (Get Science, Engineering, and Technology), was sponsored by the Society for Women Engineers and had activities ranging from programming to visiting Facebook, and a hands-on lab with PocketLab. 

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