Teaching labs for blind students: Equipment to measure the inertia of simple objects

This article describes a laboratory experiment for blind students to measure the moment of inertia of simple objects; in this case, that of a disc about its axis of symmetry. We adapted our usual lab to modify the data collection process, using an open-source electronic platform to convert visual si...

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Published in:American journal of physics 2024-11, Vol.92 (11), p.889-891
Main Authors: Lisboa, Alfredo, Peña, Francisco J.
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