Science Fair Help

[willrosasco]

Hey guys i am in search of some help(more like ideas) of a science fair with PC's my teacher said he may be able to get me a sponsorship at a computer store so i just need some good ideas and they can not be things like which processor is faster what oil is best for PC's so if you guys have some good ideas

 

Thanks 

~Will

Email: wrosasco12345@gmail.com (feel free to email with ideas or questions) 

[VioDuskar]

do crazy shit with raspberry pi 2s 

 

might need to learn some programming. it would be a nice learning experience.

[willrosasco]

do crazy shit with raspberry pi 2s 

 

might need to learn some programming. it would be a nice learning experience.

I'll take a look at it thanks for the suggestion!

[Peepnbrick]

Do something on thermals?

 

How, specifically, does the temperature of a PC affect its performance (The public really needs to be informed about this).

 

Which is more efficient? Passive Cooling, Air Cooling or Water Cooling?

 

Or if you really want to wow people, do something with the phase change cooling systems to see how cold you can get before it doesn't matter anymore.

[Kalle Hänninen]

Good ideas dont come cheap. Make self-controlling vehicle. Its not actually that easy. First you need to understand how 4-wheelers turn. (It needs to be self-aware in a sense.)

[willrosasco]

Do something on thermals?

 

How, specifically, does the temperature of a PC affect its performance (The public really needs to be informed about this).

 

Which is more efficient? Passive Cooling, Air Cooling or Water Cooling?

 

Or if you really want to wow people, do something with the phase change cooling systems to see how cold you can get before it doesn't matter anymore.

The thermals is more observation right? but i like the cooling idea 

[willrosasco]

Good ideas dont come cheap. Make self-controlling vehicle. Its not actually that easy. First you need to understand how 4-wheelers turn. (It needs to be self-aware in a sense.)

i do robotic so i have done this before. but thx anyways

[Mercay]

do benchmarks with fury x and kingpin 980ti

[willrosasco]

do benchmarks with fury x and kingpin 980ti

i would love to but that is an observation. thx for replying tho

[Kalle Hänninen]

i do robotic so i have done this before. but thx anyways

So what grade are you? Thats advanced math, so Im bit sceptic, but that makes it only more valuable result. Like this one Finnish professor said. When rock rolls down a hill, its actually hill filling up a valley. (Ive only been 10y in school in which I mastered 9, but in that time I did more than 13 years and substituted teacher every once a while. But you know that you cant be the best if youre over that phase. Some say its a gift, but going back few years is actually far from being easy, so my grades went down in the last year I had to go to school.) Now that Im drunk, I feel a urge to talk shit about these child geniuses. Theyre not actually that smart. Its all compensated, so if they get 160 (and it depends in which country they are from.) its nowhere near what smart adults can do below that score. Nowadays Im not anymore considered as a genius, thanks to my habits, if nothing else, but then again I was never tested when I was. I did that myself when I understood that I can practically do what ever I want, and in the end it didnt pay off.

 

Few implications are: I learned to climb on tables before I learned to walk and disappeared to shop as soon as I learned to walk. I was once found in front of shop walking home with carriage filled with candy and such when I was three years old. My parents were drunks that later on killed themselves, so I had a heavy incentive to be self-sufficient. And then I learned that I could just take what I want. (I still did stuff, but that was just for mere curiosity.)

 

BTW: my curiosity wasnt cheap. I even was saved from burning building what happened to be my grannys house. I was just giggling in middle of smoke and flames. OFC I dont remember a thing. (These are stories my granny told me. She saw me giggling on top of a table eating serials in front of makeshift stairs when she came worried with janitor.. or what you call it. More shamefull conrtibution I made was changing solitary confiment so that you couldnt no longer get out. (I used screw to get screws which i used  to get piece of metal from lock and smashed a window with it. Ive been in the news more than once for being stupid. But it stopped when I turned 15.))

 

And those occations I was in the news, was for standing up for ppl. So even that Im cynical asshole, im not pathological one.. Song dedicated to me..

[Kalle Hänninen]

BTW my motives are my own, but at least you should contemplate them. World is a lot bigger place than none of us.

[TheMechEngineer]

If it were me, I'd look into doing an aircooled computer with specialised ducting to see just how low you can get the temperatures on all the components.

You could argue that hot air tends to rise, so it's more efficient in cooling to design ducting and intakes with exhaust air going out the top of the computer, rather than out the back like in most systems.

 

I have an aftermarket CPU cooler with a fan that I originally had blowing air towards the back, but it was starving the chipset heatsink of air.

Rotating it so that it sent air upward means that the chipset now runs a lot cooler.

Little things like that can make all the difference.

[willrosasco]

Thanks for the suggestions guys been thinking about some of them could still use some ideas to chew on

[nfank]

Idea : A mapping of the future of computer science, based off past evidence

[TheConverter]

PC MASTER RACE vs POTATO BOXES is a good idea right? 

[willrosasco]

Idea : A mapping of the future of computer science, based off past evidence

what do you mean mapping?

[willrosasco]

PC MASTER RACE vs POTATO BOXES is a good idea right? 

it is 

[nfank]

what do you mean mapping?

Using evidence of what's happened to create a prediction of the future

Show how trends have been followed and changed, and how they will change as time goes on

[KemoKa]

Build a PFSense router out of an old computer. Anyone who understands what you've done will give you serious kudos. It's something you can put on your resume, PFSense is some serious enterprise-grade software. Use that to run your network and you'll have a good reputation for being a wiz.

[Kalle Hänninen]

Last thing Im going to tell, is funnt remark before I need to get some sleep, or I wont make any sense today. When I stole stuff, rich kids (Im from Espoo and kids here are morons) thought Im stupid cuz I sold them free stuff for 10% its original value. But in the end I ended up only one with money even that I was only one who didnt just get it and the only one who smelled different (I only sold same perfumes I decided in masses. That way I was at least in some way special and knew who I already sold one. And price, well you need to get what you can. I even asked them to order more in ..store when I stole every Hilfiger.)

 

But now I should stop speaking and get some sleep.

[iamdarkyoshi]

I just brought in a cup of dirt.

[moderategamer]

Design your own simple operating system.

[gmaesplayer]

do benchmarks with fury x and kingpin 980ti

lol'd

[willrosasco]

thanks guys still need to find one

[ThomasD]

My son's high school does not allow demonstration projects at science fairs.  They want to see actual science, with an hypothesis, data collection, analysis, and a conclusion.

 

Might want to check the details of your's before you go much further.