Attending the confirmation hearing for Charles Bolden, Barack Obama’s choice for NASA Administrator, and listening to Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Congressman Jim Clyburn and Senator Ben Nelson talk about Bolden’s stellar credentials was a great experience. After 53 years of triumphs, tribulations and tragedies, America’s premier science agency will have, for the first time, an [...] [...more]
Team JURBAN is now in a race to the finish line to launch and land their robotic rover to the Moon. Read more about team JURBAN in their official press release. Introducting Team JURBAN-Press Release [...more]
The Google LUNAR X PRIZE is an international competition sponsored by Google and the X PRIZE Foundation for a cash prize of $20 million to the first team who can successfully launch and land an autonomous robot on the surface of the Moon, travel 500 meters over the lunar surface, and send images and data [...] [...more]
Strengthening the world’s alternative energy footprint is important for both the environment and overall energy costs. There is an immediate need to create more efficient energy innovations that can save thousands of dollars in energy costs and reduce the harmful toxins from entering into our environment. The JURBAN program believes that robots need alternative energy [...] [...more]
The Urban Unmanned Jeep Challenge is a local competition in Baltimore, MD to remotely outfit a 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee with sensors that will allow it to move autonomously. It is sponsored by the Chrysler Foundation. Combined, students with a diverse background in STEM from several Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Maryland and working [...] [...more]
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