What happened on UCreateChange.com (3-9 May 2010)
We were going through our UCreateChange Fanpage last week. And we were particularly struck by this comment: “It's so good to know there is an Engineer group, other than Doctors without Borders.” on our wall.
Need power? Use this home made wind turbine that costs a little under $400.
It sounds expensive for developing countries. But according to the makers, most of the parts can be scavenged from scrap yards, which would considerably bring down the cost.
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What happened on UCreateChange.com (19-25 Apr 2010)
Women are as inventive as men.
The Spelbots is a great example. The all-woman engineering team built robots to play soccer. The efforts of these girls paid off as they came in second at the RoboCup 2009 (Osaka). That achievement’s nothing to be sneezed at.
In fact they’ve torn apart notions that engineering is a “guy” thing. Naturally there are differences. When guys compete to showcase their ideas, women tend to be more accepting.
According to their mentor professor Andrew Williams, “There tends to be more of a social side [to it]…Teamwork basically. There’s an emphasis on collaboration, creativity, social aspects of computer science.”
In fact the social part of engineering (or related disciplines) is important for women engineers.
Dean Kamen never did complete school. That didn’t stop him from inventing things to help people. He built the Segway and now he’s building prosthetic limbs for war veterans – 20 years old war veterans with an arm or none.
This talk on his prosthetic arm is riveting and moving. Listen to it and understand why he does what he does.
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Check out this kid’s top 10 list of homemade inventions.
Errrm… it’s full of pens converted to guns using rubber bands and sticks. Either he’s going to end up in the spy business or he’s headed to TV as MacGyver’s replacement.
This video of a knock-on domino effect of household items is an ode to ingenuity & a long rainy afternoon.
Methinks this one beats that Audi Commercial where they took apart a car and used the parts in a similar video. Thoughts?
What happened on UCreateChange.com (15-22 Mar 2010)
Things to do (don’t forget, E!):
Create 2010 winners guest blog about their travels to BMW Welt in Munich.
This trip is generously sponsored by BMW.
Day one: Arrived in Munich; the daredevil in BMW Welt; and “robots working in symphony” to make cars.
Yup. There’s graffiti in Germany too…
And we’re crawling over the army’s latest toy – The Terrex – like a bunch of ants.
The 24-ton (that’s 24,000 kg) armour-plated vehicle looks like two D-day barges bookending a kosong sandwich on eight “I’m-gonna-crush-you” wheels. There were discreet lumps on the edges of the vehicle. The roof turret with an unblinking camera swivelled around and around. Human heads encased in large headphones poked through two hatches.
They disregard the baking sun. And revved up the engine.
I'm the editor of UCreateChange. And I started this blog with the intention of putting up my past weekly roundups 'cause it's a shame they're simply disappearing into people's inboxes. Anyways, if you've a question on engineering, drop me a line at creators.of.tomorrow@gmail.com!
