Rarely do we come across a topic that is quiet fascinating and that can be taken in such a way that will leave the audience spellbound. I was in search of such a topic to present as 7th semester seminar /paper. the holidays were spent searching various websites giving semianr topics with a small abstract but still i could not find the topic that most fascinated me. almost losing hope i made a note of few topics that were appealing.
Thinking that the seniors will help me i tried out one last resort. Tried chatting with as many seniors as i can get hold to. and that is where is struck gold. One of my seniors told me to take something in sports technology and stated telling me about Hawkeye(though i already knew about it, it had not crossed my mind a a topic worth taking). One wiki search and i knew that i had found what i wanted.
That day started the extensive research and collecting all sorts of info that is available on the net. College started and i had to submit the abstract. I submitted 3 topics. I submitted HAwkeye ,Imax(another topic that interested me, now begin researched by one of my closest friend :) ) and GPS. And the unthinkable happened. The TEacher rejected my main topic and asked me to take GPS (i had already taken this topic in another semester). DAMN !!!! Somehow i coaxed her to accept the topic( that was not tough at all).
I slacked a bit after this and had to make the ppt on the day before the presentation but somehow still managed to make it adding lot of pics and videos. i was feeling jittery as i had not prepared well enough but still was confident of not giving a bad show :) .
The seminar started. I went on with full gusto explaining each and every bit. Usually the trend in seminars is that the class starts minding its own business after a few slides.. but mid way into my presentation i was surprised that most of the class was still paying attention to my blabbering :)
That gave me extra confidence. The seminar ended leaving me satisfied. The teachers really liked my work and asked the others to take examples from my work . But the best part ws when each and evey member present there came and congratulated me for taking a wonderful class. and i guess it was so good that almost the whole college was talking about it the next day. :)
I'm feeling satisfied on a job well done. to know more about Hawkeye visit the following links
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Hawkeye Official Site
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