Kelly Brooks and Carlie Carlston realized that the typical violin was a rather fragile instrument, so they decided to make a more durable version from scratch. The fully functional violin is made out of carbon fiber, which doesn't contract with temperature fluctuations like wood tends to do. Kelly, a senior at Granger High, and ...
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Ninth-grader creates app for people with hearing loss
Churchill Jr. High student Aaron McKenney is one of two Utah winners in the Congressional App Challenge. The aim of the Challenge is to encourage students to learn how to code by creating their own applications. Thirty-three states and more than two thousand students participated this year in the Congressional App Challenge. Aaron designed a ...
Students go head-to-head to determine who’s the “Fastest Geek”
Today’s quiz: Restore this inert computer to full working order in less than two minutes. Sounds like the worst test of your life, right? Well, it was perhaps the most enjoyable task for a group of tech-savvy students at Hunter High School. As part of the annual Fastest Geeks competition students gathered in the commons area during both ...