The Fighting Unicorns

Yes, it’s now possible to 3D print glass. The MIT Glass Lab and the Mediated Matter group collaborated on this project, and you can watch the resulting video at This Is Colossal.

I’ve never made one of these before and struggled a little because I only used pics from the internet, but hopefully this works alright.

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Also one of my friends (a guy) once told me I only do better in exams because I revise better. Kinda an insult to talent even if true. So yeah, have faith in your ability girls!

The Augmented Reality Sandbox 

The Augmented Reality Sandbox (orginally developed by researchers at UC Davis) lets users sculpt mountains, canyons and rivers, then fill them with water or even create erupting volcanoes. This version of the device at UCLA was built by Gary Glesener using off-the-shelf parts and good ol’ playground sand.

A few weeks ago we got a fascinating email at Slack:

I’m Lauren Egts, a member of The Fighting Unicorns, an all-girls robotics team from Cleveland, Ohio. We competed at the world championships this year and we use Slack to coordinate meetings, send announcements, and figure out where that missing rookie went! Overall, Slack has been incredibly useful for my team, I’m hoping to talk to someone about sponsoring my team so that we can continue to thrive.

How could we say no?

The Fighting Unicorns (otherwise known as Team 2399) is an all-girls FIRST Robotics Competition team from Hathaway Brown School in Shaker Heights, Ohio. FIRST robotics competition (FRC) is a yearly competition where high school students across the globe build robots with the help of engineering mentors, to compete in a unique and strategic game announced by FIRST. This year’s competition was based around the “Recycle Rush” challenge and the Fighting Unicorns built their bot especially for the challenge. We’re also happy to report that Slack is now helping sponsor the team.

We caught up with high school sophomore and team member Lauren Egts and asked her a few questions about the competition, the team, and how Slack fits into all of it.