Posted on October 7th, 2009 by axb
Anna Kornfeld Simpson, a high school senior from California, won top prizes at the California State Science Fair with her chemical-detecting LEGO robot. It took her over two years of research to develop the complex circuitry required to make the robot work. You can read her story on the National Science Foundation website.
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Tags: Competitions for Students, Computer, Electrical, Mechanical, Robotics
Posted on October 7th, 2009 by als
A week-long residential program sponsored by the School of Engineering that introduces high school women, who have completed a minimum ninth-grade level, to career opportunities in engineering. Participants experience a total immersion into the world of engineering through classroom activities, participatory experiments, visits to industries, and contact with practicing women engineers.
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Tags: After School, Programs for Girls, Summer Camps & Programs (Students)
Posted on October 6th, 2009 by axb
“The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds.”
– Theo Jansen
Photo by Loek van der Kils, http://www.Loekvanderklis.com
Next time you go to the beach, look out for Strandbeesten – enormous free-roaming mechanical “beasts” – engineered by Dutch painter and sculptor Theo Jansen. Jansen studied physics at the University of Delft, Holland before he decided to become an artist, and his scientific background is evident in much of his work. The Strandbeest project originated from a computer program he wrote over 18 years ago where multi-legged animals raced each other in a survival-of-the-fittest competition. So how exactly do his whimsical creatures work?
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Tags: Art, Mechanical
Posted on October 6th, 2009 by sah
Can you imagine big cities without smog? Soon the buildings around you will be cleaning up the air. TX Active, a new innovative cement product, literally kills pollution by oxidizing the toxins that come into contact with it.
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Tags: Architectural, Civil, Green Technology, Green Transportation, Materials
Posted on October 6th, 2009 by axb
MIT undergrad Charles Guan has converted an old shopping cart into a speedy go-kart, which he dubs the LOLriokart (a combination of internet slang and the popular video game Mario Kart). Check out Popular Science for a run-down of how he made it. [PopSci]
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