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Valley News
Tech Fair Thrills at Dartmouth
Dartmouth students and other Upper Valley residents had a chance to witness the convergence of arts and sciences at the Tesla TechFair at Thayer School of Engineering — a byproduct of the opera Tesla in New York being shown at the Hopkins Center.</p>
Apr 08, 2013
The Dartmouth
Tesla Tech Fair celebrates innovation
A cacophony of hissing Tesla coils and whirring remote control helicopters filled Thayer School of Engineering’s Glycofi Atrium on Thursday afternoon.
Apr 07, 2013
Forbes
In Mexico, A Dartmouth Grad Fights Poverty Through Capitalism
Dartmouth engineer Fernando Orta '08 returned to his hometown of Mexico City and founded a financial services company called Podemos Progresar (“We can move forward") with a mission to create products and services that change people’s lives.</p>
Apr 02, 2013
Wired
Can the Ice Wall in Game of Thrones Survive Science?
Dartmouth engineering professor Mary Albert, Executive Director of the U.S. Ice Drilling Program Office, explains why the large ice wall in HBO's "Game of Thrones" would not exist in real life.</p>
Mar 28, 2013
The Washington Post
High-tech 'Yeti' may revolutionize exploration near North and South poles
Professor Laura Ray's Yeti is a self-guided polar robot that uses ground-penetrating radar to map what lies beneath the ice — often, a crevasse waiting to claim lives and expensive equipment.</p>
Mar 12, 2013
Gizmodo
Battery-Powered Yeti Guides Antarctic Explorers Past Concealed Crevasses
Tractor crews are being led by the Yeti, a four-wheel drive rover equipped with ground penetrating radar designed by students at Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering coordinating with engineers from CRREL.
Mar 12, 2013
IEEE Spectrum
Robot Yeti Tells You Where Not to Go in Antarctica
Researchers from Dartmouth, including professor of engineering Laura Ray and her students, came up with Yeti, a GPS-guided robot that can drag a ground-penetrating radar around to detect impending doom.
Mar 12, 2013
LiveScience
Robot Called 'Yeti' Finds Cracks in Antarctic Ice
Meet Yeti, a faithful rover of the robotic kind that sniffs out dangerous crevasses for convoys crossing the glaciers of Antarctica and Greenland—developed by a team of students led by Dartmouth engineering professor Laura Ray.
Mar 12, 2013