
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING: Student makers
showed off CNC pen plotters, a massive wrap-
around flight simulator, and a 3D-printed Wile E.
Coyote picture, rigged with an ultrasonic distance
sensor and Arduino. It makes Road Runner sound
effects when it detects your presence.
RESILIENT CLEAN ENERGY: Instructor Darrick
Lee demonstrated a Solar Micro Grid for
powering a small group of homes. Much of the
vast Navajo reservation is still without electricity,
and homes are commonly miles apart. “The
younger generation wants electricity,” he said,
“but it costs $27,000 per mile for the power
company to extend a line to your house.” Darrick’s
off-grid inv ...