For nearly five months, a group of four 18-year-olds have been passionately researching, designing, building, programming and testing a specialized gaming controller for a local Columbia High School student with cerebral palsy. Their names? Jacob Field, Nathan Fuentes, Claire Powell and Cesar Robles. His name? José Garcia. Their goal? To create a controller that allows Garcia to enjoy a gaming experience equal to his peers, despite the motor function limitations he faces with CP.
Researchers have taken a key step toward helping wildlife coexist more safely with wind power generation by demonstrating the success of an impact detection system that uses vibration sensors mounted to turbine blades.
Jacob Field’s “Protobot” mini-robot project beat out proposals from 13 western states to win a presentation slot at the 4-H Western Regional Leadership Forum in California next March. Field, a student at The Dalles High School, designed and tested both the robot and the curriculum as part of his project.
WASHINGTON — Years late, the Transportation Department issued a rule Monday that will require rearview technology in all new cars and many light trucks — an effort to reduce deaths and serious injuries caused by backup accidents.
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — The Army plans a $4.6 million system at Joint Base Lewis-McChord to help monitor helicopters that fly below 500 feet — under the radar.
