Camp CAEN is a high-tech computer camp offered by the University of Michigan College of Engineering. Knowledgeable staff, including enthusiastic engineering student mentors, teach classes that range from C#/C++/Java Programming to Website Design and 2D/3D Modeling.

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Pressing “snooze” in the morning a little too often? No worries — to the rescue is Gauri Nanda with her “Clocky.” How it works: If you hit “snooze,” the alarm clock jumps off your nightstand and lands on its wheels, beeping the whole time. Then it’s time to play hide-and-seek. The gadget rolls, bumps into things, backs up, and eventually stops. When the clock rings again, the sleepy owner has to walk around and find it to turn it off. Nanda invented the alarm clock for herself while she was studying design at MIT’s Media Lab.

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The Technology Behind DreamWorks’ Monsters vs Aliens.

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Don’t be evil” is Google’s informal corporate motto. Far from being evil, Google is trying to use its vast wealth to do good. Since becoming a public company in 2004, it has set aside 1 percent of its equity and profits — around $1 billion — to fund good causes and invest in promising technologies.

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Amateur and pro athletes turn to engineers to analyze their every move.

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