Educational console scores hat-trick of awards
25 November 2015
Computer/Embedded Technology
SeeBox (Scientific Engineering Education Box), developed locally by K Measure, has completed a hat-trick of prestigious awards. Boosted by this overwhelming validation and associated prize money, together with the dedicated focus behind its development, SeeBox is well on its way to market in March 2016.
Described as an interactive game console that comes packed with video tutorials to spark kids’ interest in engineering, through fun gameplay and practical electronic experiments, SeeBox enables learners to understand the basics of electronics, and develop problem solving and abstract thinking without the need for an electronics teacher to be present.
The system was designed to incorporate the six test instruments most often used by electronic engineers – oscilloscope, spectrum analyser, logic analyser, waveform generator, digital pattern generator and programmable power supply. This functionality brings about a significant saving in cost, space and time, as well as possibilities for the integration of data, such as automatic event correlation, predictive measurements and smart analysis of serial busses. SeeBox was also designed to work with tablets and smartphones in addition to computers.
The SeeBox is expandable, accepting add-on hardware modules that give it functionality as a multimeter or LCR meter, for example. It is accompanied by an ecosystem of educational material, all aimed at empowering institutions to prepare their students for a career in technology, and for tertiary educational institutions to use in the training of electronic engineers.
This ecosystem includes animated videos, experimental boards and practical tests, all of which can be logged against specific learner IDs to track performance and identify the most capable students, giving companies much more than academic results when looking to recruit the best qualified electrical engineers. An additional benefit is that these new recruits are already comfortable with the SeeBox interface and can therefore be up, running and productive far more quickly.
The latest feather in the SeeBox’s cap was winning the African Entrepreneurship Award in the education category. This follows its top 10 finalist status in the Innovation Prize for Africa and the best social innovation, best design and best pitch at the SA Innovation Summit.
Perhaps an even stronger endorsement of SeeBox’s promise comes from two prestigious schools in Bloemfontein, which have already made the decision to equip their soon to be completed science centres with SeeBoxes.
For more information visit www.seebox.co.za
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