SILF
School Internet Laboratory of pHysics
SILF
- Not only a laboratory, but also a framework for building one
- Students perform experiments using their browsers
- Connecting to real hardware
No client application
- Only HTML5 enabled browser
- Not only desktop browsers!
- Works on Adroid (FireFox tested)
Metadata driven
- Experiment server sends metadata to the client
- Rest is generated on the fly
- Upgrading servers is seamless
Cooperation oriented
- Single student can change experiment settings
- Others can watch and get results
- Downloading the results will be implemented in the future
- Students can chat (to be implemented in near future)
Standard and protocol oriented
- Wherever possible we use standards
- Messages are routed by the XMPP server
- Whole communication is documented
Modular
- Each part of the system can be replaced separately
- You can develop own client
- Or own experiments
Cameras
- Each experiment has integrated camera
- For now we use our own protocol
- But consider changing to webRTC emerging standard
Under Developement
- Not a mature project
- But team is mature and experienced--- it's our second laboratory!
- We are under developement
- Essential features missing but will be there in time
SILF School Internet Laboratory of pHysics