First of all, let me say that I missed the original airing of this episode because, oddly enough, MIT cable doesn't carry the Discovery Channel...
Anyway, when I did see it I saw some familiar faces and locations, as the picture above indicates. You can barely see the top of my dorm behind the "boat." The parking garage they were on top of is where we park team 97's pickup truck. Also, the star of the show was professor David Wallace, who co-teaches a drawing/CAD/machining class that I'm taking right now. (2.670 - Intro to Mechanical Engineering Tools) In a week, I will be starting 2.007, the robotics competition formerly known as 2.70 back when Woodie taught it. It should be an interesting experience for me, having been on FIRST teams for four years, to participate in the competition that helped inspire it. I'll try to post some updates on how it goes.
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MIT Mechanical Engineering
>> College Mentor,
Team 97: Cambridge Rindge and Latin School with The Edgerton Center, MIT Mechanical Engineering, Bluefin Robotics, and Draper Laboratory
>> Alumnus, Team 527: Plainedge HS