A practical MehtA+ guide for high school students: the kit, free software, and public databases you need to run an ISEF-grade Technology Enhances the Arts project from home.
Build a real-time emotion visualization system and test how facial affect peaks line up with musical structure using data analysis.
Build a scent-triggered film system and test how scene-matching aromas affect immersion, recall, and viewer response with simple A/B studies.
Design collision-free drone show paths, test trajectory planning, and compare simulation with real flight data in a theater-style pre-viz setup.
Design a 3D-printed lampshade that turns light into images, then measure shadow accuracy with PSNR and compare design methods.
Build and test eye-tracking game controls, then compare hit rate and fatigue against mouse input with clear performance data.
Build a music AI project that re-harmonizes folk melodies, then test whether listeners identify Plutchik emotions better with cleaner voice-leading.
Build a system that maps handwriting motion to emotional calligraphy and test how recognizability and emotion fidelity change with model design.
Build a raga-aware music model and test whether musical rules improve blind ratings, style fit, and note-level accuracy.
Build and test a low-cost light-field display, then measure parallax accuracy, view synthesis, and visual quality with simple imaging metrics.