EurekaFest: Day 4

For the final day of the EurekaFest, the InvenTeams re-assembled into their original groups from the Wednesday balloon tower challenge. Each group received trash bags, PVC piping, zip ties, duct tape, a mystery item, and 3 hours to build a contraption that utilized only wind power to lift as many rubber ducks as possible 10 feet into the air. The groups then traveled to the Museum of Science to test their inventions. The final winning group managed to hover 42 ducks in the air!

After the Duck N Hover challenge, the groupsĀ  returned to the MIT campus for a closing lobster barbeque and award ceremony for the leaders of the InvenTeams. EurekaFest was an overall wonderful experience and we are so grateful we got to be a part of it.

-LL

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