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Making it in Vermont: Football practice robots inspire military training technology

An article about how Elliot Kastner '13 Th'14 and Quinn Connell '13 Th'14, co-founders of MVP, are tailoring the football tackling dummy for military and law enforcement training.

Aug 22, 2019

ESPN

Virtual reality and robotic tackling dummies—how Dartmouth is shaping the future of football

Article quotes Eugene "Buddy" Teevens and John Currier '79 Th'81 in a feature story about how Dartmouth is a leader in shaping the future of football with the help of the Mobile Virtual Player. 

Aug 19, 2019

VTDigger

Making it in Vermont: Concept2 sets new standards for elite rowing gear

An article about Judy Geer ’75 Th’83 and her career as an engineer at a family business that makes rowing machines.

Aug 19, 2019

Valley News

Dartmouth professor who flew on NASA mission backs future exploration of space

An article about adjunct professor of engineering Jay Buckey Jr's lifelong interest in space exploration and research. 

Aug 19, 2019

NH Union Leader

Feds funnel millions to Dartmouth, UNH in science, engineering and math push

NSF awarded $3.8 million to Dartmouth and UNH for programs related to science, technology, engineering and math education.

Aug 16, 2019

Scientific American

Magnet and Neuron Model Also Predicts Arctic Sea Ice Melt

Quotes professor Donald Perovich about a 1920s magnetism model that can predict the formation of melt ponds on Arctic sea ice: "There's something magical when you get these mathematical frameworks that explain things as varied as magnetism and melt ponds."

Jul 30, 2019

EDN

Energy harvesting gets really personal

Researchers from Dartmouth and UT Health San Antonio developed a new way to build a piezo-based harvesting transducer for pacemakers and other medical devices.

Jul 22, 2019

PR Newswire

MVP's Robotic Dummies Now a Fraction of the Cost

Mobile Virtual Player (MVP)—Thayer spinoff and maker of football's first robotic tackling dummies—redesigned their robots to lower the price and increase accessibility.

Jul 22, 2019

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