Hello engineers and other readers of IW, and welcome back after an awesome reading week! I hope you all had your share of relaxation and fun!
I wanted to say thank you to everyone who attended the Nano-Olympics this year. If you were near CPH around 12:30-2:30 on February 6th, you might have noticed the tables set up and the people hanging around, playing games and talking about nanotechnology. These were the Nano-Olympics. There were many fun events such as Nano-Horse Racing, “Are You Smarter Than an NE Student?” trivia (Who are Buckyballs named after? What length is one beard-second?), and the popular Great Buckyball Challenge. Competitors were challenged to make as many shapes out of Buckyballs as they could, with each shape scoring points, and the winner walked away with a full set of Buckyball magnets! The winner this year was Sheryl Peters in 1B Nano.
UW_NRG is still working hard on their microrobots and they are planning to compete again this year in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) annual Mobile Microrobotics competition. Last year they took home first prize despite being the only Canadian and only undergraduate team competing. This year, UW_NRG is hoping to bring home first prize again with a new version of their EMMA (ElectroMagnetic Micro Actuation) microrobot. In addition, the team will enter PAMELA (Pump Actuation Mediated by Excited Light Absorption) in the competition; a microrobot made of a photosensitive material that will propel itself forward when a laser is shone on it. Follow us on twitter (twitter.com/UW_NRG), Facebook (facebook.com/uwnrg), or check our website (uwnrg.org) for updates and information on future events, as well as more information on current microrobot projects.
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