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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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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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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Posted on September 30th, 2009 by jxh
Have you ever been stuck in traffic and wished that your car could just take to the skies?
In 2011, the Transition may make it happen. It’s a drivable aircraft currently being developed by the company Terrafugia.
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Tags: Aerospace, Aviation, Cars, Civil, Mechanical, Transportation
Posted on September 15th, 2009 by als
The Future Engineers in Dynamic Systems (FEDS) Academy is a unique two-week summer educational program for junior and senior high school students in the Baltimore region. It focuses on dynamics, vibration, acoustics, and system control in the mechanical engineering discipline. The academy will consist of ten students and take place in the Dynamic Systems and Vibrations Laboratory (DSVL) and surrounding classrooms at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Students will be exposed to the state-of-the-art research and facility in the DSVL and engaged in thought-provoking experiments and lectures led by undergraduate and graduate teaching fellows. They will learn how engineering activities can be used for the betterment of life.
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