At MIT, one of the well known places for projects in mechanical engineering is the Edgerton Center. The Edgerton Center is creates opportunities for students to engage in challenging activities and projects in engineering and science.

I went down to the Edgerton Center this weekend and talked to some of the staff that work there. Two high school students from one of the local schools were working to shoot a laser into a glass square without letting any of the light leave…and they did it! By using milk of all things. It was pretty cool.

I talked to some of the staff members at the EC and was blown away by the many projects that have been going on at MIT. There were hover-boards (machines that allow a person to stand on top and hover off the ground), BattleBots (like in the video I posted a while ago), strobes, and other cool things. The coolest project was this one machine, where you could stand on top of it and use the handles to move around. if you pushed it forward, you accelerated forward, if you pulled back, you moved back, and so on. I learned that it was made by some students not that much older than most of you. I got to ride on it up and down the hall – it was a LOT of fun.

You guys should check out the Edgerton Center and look at the cool projects it has to offer. I know I’ll be visiting the EC a LOT more now that I see what’s in store. Visit http://web.mit.edu/Edgerton/