This week UNH’s Tech Camp visited Project 54 to take a look at the simulator.
The tech camp is a program based out of Kingsbury Hall, where kids from seventh through tenth grade are able to get a sense of STEM professions (These include Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). The camp is designed to give students interested in STEM professions a closer look into what these jobs are all about.
Tech Camp students visited the Project 54 simulator, as well as a model of a New Hampshire State Police cruiser. Students were given a short briefing about Project 54, and were then allowed to ask questions about what the system does.
Above: Oskar Palinko demonstrates the use of the Project 54 simulator to UNH Tech Camp Students
Many students enjoyed testing the simulator, which allows the user to get a first hand look at Project 54. Students learned about how the Project makes operating a police officer’s cruiser safer, using speech controls and an integrated computer system, rather than a multitude of buttons and switches.
Above: Mark Taipan demonstrates Project 54 to UNH Tech Camp students with a state police cruiser model.
Devin Mullen