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Science Fair Experiment Essay

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My science fair experiment is a homemade polygraph test. It will measure the sweat responses to different questions. Throughout the experiment I will be asking questions, first testing, then the actual experiment. It will not be as sophisticated as the polygraph tests that the government has, but it still has the same function and purpose. I will be testing Kole Rodriguez for my experiment. The history behind the polygraph machine has gone back to 1902. James McKenzie came up with the inadequate model of the machine. Later in 1921, John Larson a medical student from the University of California invented the modern machine. Larson made a more accurate machine than the first, this machine also recorded on a rotating drum of smoke paper. It recorded physiological responses; it was not as advanced as the 21st century polygraph machine. Through 1925 and 1938 the machine was furthered by Lenonarde Keller, instead of smoke paper he used ink pens to ensure that the results were accurate. In 1938 Keller added another component, which was the galvanic skin resistance, this measures the …show more content…

Add a single strip of Velcro at the end of the foil side; this will make it possible to Velcro the pieces together. At this time there will be an electrode that wraps around a finger. Then comes the coding, this is where the computer program Arduino comes into play. After the breadboard is set up I will attach the electrode to a students finger and ask sample questions that we already know the answer to for example, name, birthday, grade, and so forth. After we make sure that the program is correct I will ask questions that I do not know the answers, they are only allowed to answer with either yes or no. If the program spikes they are not telling the truth and if they are telling the truth the program will only have a slight

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