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A novel method for teaching children computer programming basics will go on display at two museums in 2017. TuneTable, an interactive tabletop device, teaches kids programming basics while they put together a musical piece. A research team from Georgia Institute of Technology and Northwestern University, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, recently introduced the device. A user makes music with TuneTable by moving coaster-like markers around the interactive surface. Each marker is assigned a sound or a command. The surface uses computer vision to detect each marker’s function. The markers include basic programming that anyone learning programming would encounter. The table will be installed at the Museum of Design Atlanta in early 2017 and Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry in the summer.
 

http://electronics360.globalspec.com/article/7872/video-robotic-arms-energy-from-your-car-s-suspension-musical-coding-and-more

Project video: http://www.news.gatech.edu/2016/12/14/musical-table-teaches-basics-computer-programming