Eagle Scout Project goes High-Tech.

Life Scout William is in the final phases of his Eagle Project. More than one Scout has said, “It’s hard to describe with words.”, but you have to see how cool this is. What William and his Scouting friends have created for Marshall Middle School’s technology class with a maker-space feel is an Augmented Reality Sandbox. His project is a next level integration of technology and a potent teaching tool.

The Officer Bryan Hebert Memorial Foundation helped defray the expense of the equipment. William led Scouts and friends to turn a Microsoft Kinect, a PC running MintOS, an LCD projector and of course a sandbox with sand in it into an auto-updating topographical map.

The only drawback is William is the expert on this new unit, and if something goes haywire his facetime will light up, this may be the project that never ends. Or it could be the launching pad for a career in technology.

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