Posted on April 14th, 2010 by als
The PBS Design Squad Trash to Treasure Competition Challenge invites kids ages 5-19 to recycle, reuse, and re-engineer everyday materials into an out-of-the box invention. Three winners will come to Boston to see their designs built by Continuum, a design consultancy, and will appear on the Design Squad show and Website. 25 finalists will also be featured on the Website. Contest Deadline: September 5, 2010.
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Posted on April 13th, 2010 by axb
For those of you who have cheered on the Fighting Irish, we now bring you: the Fighting IBots! Every year at the University of Notre Dame, about 70 Mechanical Engineering students put together two teams of rugged, remote-controlled robots that compete in an exciting football match. See a video of last year’s game day after the jump.
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Posted on April 12th, 2010 by axb
This week, April 10-18, is National Robotics Week. That means it’s time to read up on robots, and maybe even enter a local robotics competition!
To celebrate, here are some of the coolest robot videos from our blog [after jump].
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Tags: Computer, Electrical, Mechanical, Robotics
Posted on April 9th, 2010 by jxh
No one has conversed with Eric Ramsey since 1999, when a car crash paralyzed him, leaving his conscious mind trapped inside an unresponsive body. The rare condition is called locked-in syndrome, and it has left Ramsey unable to even blink. But now, scientists and engineers are helping him reconnect with the outside world.
Five years after the incident, scientists implanted a device in his brain linking it directly to a speech synthesizer. After years of practice, Ramsey can now generate vowel sounds just by thinking of them.
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Posted on April 9th, 2010 by als
2010 Summer Institute in Engineering: Engineering the Elements – Polymers and Electronic Ceramics. This exciting residential program at Alfred University, June 27-July 1, 2010, offers students in grades 11 and 12 an opportunity to learn more about engineering; to sample life on a college campus; and to meet other students with similar interests and academic ability. Students will participate in hands-on lab experiences focusing on polymers and electronic ceramics. Cost: $795. Application Deadline: April 16, 2010
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