Project #0

What is SI? (see link below.)

Project #1

At its maximum speed, how far will light travel (meters and feet/inches) in one deci, centi, milli, micro, nano, and pico second.

Display the output in a pretty, easy-to-read way.

Project #2

Create an interactive (command line interface) program to:

• ask the user to a input measurement
• quit if nothing is entered
• display the results in deci, centi, milli, micro, nano, and pico units.

Project #3

Convert Project #2 to a GUI.

Project # 4

How fast does electricity/electromagnetic-waves travel in a conductor? Redo Project #1 using electromagnetic waves.

FYI: Faraday explained that electricity was not a fluid flowing through the cable but a propagating disturbance. (Wikipedia)

Links

Metric (SI) Prefixes

Speed of light (Wikipedia)

Speed of electricity (Wikipedia)