Author: Martin H. Trauth

This exercise will show students how to capture thermal images, export them, import them to MATLAB, and calculate temperature readings. The Seek CompactPro does not allow the export of raw data, but only the images. Nevertheless, with a linear color palette it is possible to calculate and display quite good temperature values.

This exercise is intended to help students to understand the difference between accuracy and precision by means of performing multiple measures of distances by using the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Ultrasonic Sensor. In addition, the students should understand in which data format the measurements are recorded, stored and transfered between the sensor and the computer.

The paperchase exercise is intended to help students to understand how to use sensors of mobile devices connected to a server via MATLAB Mobile. We used a laptop in the classroom, connected to the internet via WiFi, and a smartphone, connected to the internet via mobile internet connection. Continue reading “MATLAB Mobile GPS Paperchase”

Today, this blog has exceeded 200,000 visits, 40,000 visitors, and more than 160 registered users six months after its launch. Thanks very much to all readers of the MATLAB Recipes of Earth Sciences blog!

As I cleaned up my office, I found old MATLAB floppy disks and manuals! These are not the oldest ones I used, which was a MATLAB demo I got from a friend at Christmas time in 1992. Continue reading “Cleaning up the Office: MATLAB 4.2c.1 (1995)”