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Technobrain 2015 Boat Race - Dr. Bob's TechnoBrain Contest

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Much creative genius was demonstrated by Technion students, and great fun was had by all, at the annual “Dr. Bob’s TechnoBrain Competition”, sponsored by Robert J. Shillman, in memory of Neev-ya Durban. The challenge: race elastic-band powered boats. This year’s competition, entitled “Gumpool 2015 Race” was held in the spirit of “green energy.” Competitors were given a complex engineering challenge to tackle: design elastic-band powered boats (built in advance) to travel a distance of eight meters, anchor by means of a magnet, and fire a jet of water into a funnel from a distance of three meters – all this is in the shortest possible time and with smallest number of rubber bands. ...more
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Technobrain 2015 Boat Race - Dr. Bob's TechnoBrain Contest
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Much creative genius was demonstrated by Technion students, and great fun was had by all, at the annual “Dr. Bob’s TechnoBrain Competition”, sponsored by Robert J. Shillman, in memory of Neev-ya Durban. The challenge: race elastic-band powered boats. This year’s competition, entitled “Gumpool 2015 Race” was held in the spirit of “green energy.” Competitors were given a complex engineering challenge to tackle: design elastic-band powered boats (built in advance) to travel a distance of eight meters, anchor by means of a magnet, and fire a jet of water into a funnel from a distance of three meters – all this is in the shortest possible time and with smallest number of rubber bands.

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