Senior Physics/Comp Sci Project Ideas for Undergraduates

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I will be an undergraduate senior next year and I am a double major (physics, comp sci). For computer science I have to do a senior project. The only rules besides the obvious being that it has to expand what was taught in class. I want my project to implement physics principles and theory preferably in mechanics. I was hoping I could inquire for some project ideas. Most likely coded in c++.
 
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for my final undergrad project we have to build a robotic car which needs to guide itself to a garage indicated by a certain frequency LED. All sorts of optical and other sensors are used for guidance, as well as a lot of microcontroller programming. However, every one does this project so we have races which determine part of our final mark.
 
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