With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

http://sites.jmu.edu/jmudroneschallenge/files/2015/10/Emergency-Reponse_-Week-8-1.m4v Well, this week was different. No more brainstorming, no more planning and theorizing–we took those drones for a test run…or test flight if you’re picky! Last week really...
“Just Adjust Your Sails”

“Just Adjust Your Sails”

“When you can’t change the direction of the wind, just adjust your sails.” –H. Jackson Brown Jr. No, we haven’t switched our topic to an aquatic theme! But the idea behind this quote was a prevalent theme for our team this week. Last week Landes, one of our Physics...
Saving Lives, One Drone At a Time

Saving Lives, One Drone At a Time

Computer Science, Industrial Design, Physics, Writing and Communication, and hint of pizzaz: these are the academic forces behind the rescue drone, along with the collective desire to save lives. We began as a team of six: two industrial designers, two physicists, a...