Physics | HOW THINGS WORK
P150 | 14647 | Ogren
All you every wanted to know about your cell phone! AND MORE!
A cell phone is one of the most sophisticated devices that humans have
ever carried around in their pocket.
This course will discuss all aspects of the cell phone, including:
* A history of telephones leading to modular phones.
* How the cell network is designed.
* How does roaming work?
* What is your ESN, SID, MIN ? And why they are important.
* How does your phone receive and transmit radio waves?
* How long is your cell antenna?
* What is the distribution of cell towers in Bloomington?
* What is inside your cell phone?
Topics and components (and the physics behind the object) that will be
studied include:
* Speakers
* Microphones
* Memory chips
* RF transmitters and receivers
* Display screens
* Cell phone cameras
* Cell phone ring tones
* Messaging techniques
* Digital sound
* Synthetic speech
* MP3
* Jpegs
* Mpegs
CLASS FULFILLS THE COLLEGE TOPICS REQUIREMENT