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At last Sunday's Rothberg Catalyzer Hackathon, students developed gadgets with real-world applications.

Choate’s First Hackathon Solicits Inventions to Aid Disaster Relief

April 13, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Last Sunday, April 8, two teams of Choate students participated in the Rothberg Catalyzer Hackathon to build an invention that would help emergency disaster relief. A hackathon is a challenge-based competition that tasks participants with creating something unique and new using limited time and resources. This event, the first ofRead More

Talented Alumnus Shares Experience in i.d. Lab Maker Alumni Series

January 26, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

The second presentation of the i.d. Lab Maker Alumni Series was presented by Mr. C.J. Bell ’10 on January 17. The Maker Alumni Series is new this year, featuring recent alumni who pursue careers in design and engineering. These presentations happen once a term. Mr. Bell works as an engineerRead More

Community Weekend Includes i.d. Lab Adventure

January 26, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Community Weekend featured a variety of activities aimed at bringing the campus together to participate in everything from a skating party to an international food court. One item on the weekend’s itinerary was the i.d. Adventure held in the Worthington Johnson Athletic Center. Though the event did not have quiteRead More

Crowds gather as Sebastian Jimenez '21, Alan Luo '18, and alum Sabrina Xie '17 teach children to make popsicle stick catapults. In the back: Giorgiana McCombe '19 and Even Karas '19 make mylar balloons.

Interactions With Innovation At Maker Faire

September 29, 2017 at 6:01 am Comments are Disabled

Where in the world can you find a light-up prom dress, a bicycle-powered music stage, and a solar-energy chariot drawn by a robot Arnold Schwarzenegger? 20 Choate students found all three this weekend in the same place during the  2017 World Maker Faire at the New York Hall of Science.Read More

Decoding the i.d. Lab

Decoding the i.d. Lab

May 19, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

  The i.d. Lab is full of resources that are open to students and faculty alike. Many students are unaware of the endless possibilities that lie within the two floors that the lab encompasses, with tools and equipment, including wood cutters, 3D printers, sewing machines, circuit boards, book-making materials, andRead More

Dr. Travis Feldman, left, teaches children the art of inventing, designing, and tinkering during Maker Faire last weekend.

Maker Faire Encourages Student Innovation

October 7, 2016 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

For some people, 7:00 a.m. on a weekend is too early to be sitting in a Chevy Suburban driving from suburban Connecticut into New York City. For the nine excited students who traveled last weekend to Maker Faire — “the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth” — it wasn’t earlyRead More