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You Can Make It On Your Own

 
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Your Turn

Image of a lightbulbNow that you really can make it on your own, tell us your ideas about the technology featured in this program.

In "Never Forget a Face," MIT student Brian Clarkson takes a trip down memory lane with Alan. Clarkson recorded every waking moment of his last hundred days with the wearable computer he calls "the turtle." Alan wondered about the privacy issues. What if someone who passes Clarkson on the street doesn't want to become a permanent part of his home movies? Clarkson acknowledges the problem, but tells Alan that social etiquette will eventually catch up with the technology. What do you think?

See our winners Grades 6 & up and Grades k-5
We'll post a selection of your ideas on this forum.


Do you want to make it on your own?

Enter the FRONTIERS design contest.

Students in sixth grade and up:
Design and build a motorized car following these directions.

Tell us the steepest angle your vehicle was able to climb and send the blueprints or a photo of your best design by May 1st, 2003 to:

SAF CONTEST
70 Coolidge Hill Road
Watertown, MA 02472

We'll post a selection of your creations here. One winner will receive a SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS T-shirt.

And we have a WINNER! Logan and Jacob McClenny
Nice work!
Jacob and Logan's vehicle was able to climb an angle of 16 degrees & 5 minutes.



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Grades K-5:
What kind of machine would you like to build? Design the machine of your dreams. What would it do? What materials would you need to build it? What kind of problems would you have to solve? Send us a drawing of your best design to:

And we have a WINNER! Casey Stengel from Camas, WA
Materials: Watch; Computer Software; Wires; Old head set that wraps around the outside of the head; mini screen for head set; folding minimized key board; red mini button for on button; mini computer chip; flexible soft plastic; battery; quartz crystal


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