# Solophil

- **Event:** [Meta Global AI Developer Hackathon](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon)
- **When:** Oct 26, 12:00 PM – Nov 4, 9:00 PM (EST)
- **Where:** Online
- **Team:** [Batuhan Tombas](https://cerebralvalley.ai/u/philisterbt)
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/philisterbt/knobs
- **Demo video:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhFYzy0Nb_A
- **Gallery:** https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery
- **Page:** https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/3519

Knobs turns any topic you don't understand into a simulation you can play with.

Most students learn science by listening. They hear the answer, memorize the formula and forget it a week later. Real understanding comes from changing something and watching what happens, but very few topics come with a lab, and building an interactive simulation usually takes a developer days. Knobs closes that gap in about thirty seconds.

You type a topic, like "first law of thermodynamics", "projectile motion" or "osmosis". Knobs answers with a four-sentence explanation and a working simulation built for that topic. For thermodynamics you get a piston full of moving gas particles. Turn up the heat and the particles speed up, the piston rises, and the equation ΔU = Q − W updates live with the real numbers.

Every simulation is designed for learning, not just for looking at:

Knobs: three to six sliders with realistic ranges and units, so every change means something physical.
Edge cases: one-click special situations, such as no friction, an isothermal process or gravity on the Moon.
Hidden layers: switch on force arrows, energy bars, field lines or live graphs to see what you normally can't.
Live explanation: a sentence under the scene that describes what is happening right now, and changes as you turn the knobs.
Predict first: before you touch anything, Knobs asks what you expect. After you answer, it lights up the exact knob that tests your guess. Turn it and you have run the experiment yourself.
Learning keeps going after the first answer. Type "add air resistance" or tap a suggested next step, and Knobs changes the simulation in place, keeping every version so you can compare. Students can upload a PDF of their class notes; Knobs finds the topics worth simulating and turns any of them into a simulation built around their own course. When something is better seen than simulated, like a mitochondrion or an engine, Knobs draws a textbook-style illustration and labels every part.

Knobs is not limited to physics. It works for chemistry, biology, math and engineering too, from reaction rates to cell transport to the shape of a function. If a simulation ever breaks, Knobs notices the error and quietly fixes it, so the learner keeps exploring.

For teachers, Knobs is a lesson-prep tool. Teacher mode adds a tip for using the simulation in class and two prediction questions for students. Class mode enlarges everything and hides the quiz answers until the class has voted. Any simulation can be shared with a QR code so students open it on their own phones, or downloaded as a single file that runs offline.

Every simulation is saved to a personal Lab Library. There is no sign-up, so a student can start the moment they get stuck.

Knobs runs on the Meta Model API. Muse Wonder writes the explanations and the simulations, reads uploaded notes and labels the illustrations; Muse Image draws the visual materials.

Stop memorizing. Turn the knob.

## More from Meta Global AI Developer Hackathon

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- [GridProbe](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/3521)
- [TFN Proof of Growth](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/3522)

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