On 30-9-2011 4:16, Derek Simkowiak wrote: > Hello, > I have a neat Python project I'd like to share. It does real-time motion > tracking, using > the Python bindings to the OpenCV library: > > http://derek.simkowiak.net/motion-tracking-with-python/ > > There is a YouTube video showing the script in action. > > It's especially neat because my daughter and I worked together on this > project. We used > it to track her two pet gerbils, as part of her science fair project. She > wrote her own > (separate) Python script to read the motion tracking log files, compute > distance and > velocity, and then export those values in a CSV file. Like I say on the web > page: "I’m > convinced that Python is the best language currently available for teaching > kids how to > program."
Wow. Very impressive and very enjoyable to read about it. How was her project received at school? Thanks a lot for sharing this. Irmen de Jong -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
