Tuesday 1 November 2016

NASA engineers do world-class pumpkin carving too (video)


Ever year at this time, NASA JPL has a pumpkin carving contest. Every team has just one hour to work on it. They do get to examine their pumpkin the day before, including taking measurements.

Results? See for yourself:



Wired:
https://www.wired.com/2016/10/watch-nasas-high-tech-pumpkins-action/?mbid=nl_103016_p2&CNDID=

Gizmodo:
http://gizmodo.com/nasa-absolutely-killed-the-halloween-pumpkin-carving-co-1788384623

Cnet:
https://www.cnet.com/au/news/nasa-pumpkin-contest-halloween-jpl/
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