Our Prototype!

Our Prototype!

Interested in learning more about the parts of our drone? Check out the interactive image below! Hovering over different areas of the drone will bring up an information box. These particular points will tell you what the different parts of our prototype are and why...
Meet the First Response Team

Meet the First Response Team

Alexia Constanza I am pursuing a degree in technical communication and creative writing. I enjoy video editing, traveling to new cities, and dancing bachata. This project has helped me improve my interpersonal skills, blog writing skills, and has taught me more about...
Something Shiny and New

Something Shiny and New

When I first walked into the X-Labs classroom 12 weeks ago, I was initially overwhelmed by the very idea of the technologies we would have the opportunity to use. To me a 3D printer only existed in really high-level research facilities, or movies. Only a small number...
5 Things You Didn’t Know About The DRC

5 Things You Didn’t Know About The DRC

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the site of “Africa’s World War.” Beginning in the mid-1990s and lasting until 2003, the consecutive civil wars experienced in the DRC claimed the lives of five million people.  According to United to End Genocide , that makes...
Telling the Story of the DRC

Telling the Story of the DRC

Our final presentation is going to be centered on one large standing structure with a backdrop to bring overall clarity and background to our project. This will be strategically placed around the structure as the first point of entry to our exhibit. The structure...
And The Race Is On!

And The Race Is On!

http://sites.jmu.edu/jmudroneschallenge/files/2015/10/Emergency-Response_-WEek-9.m4v You know that part of a race when you can see the end but you still have the hardest part to go? Where you have to really truly give it your all and get it done? Well that’s about...