Hooking kids on robotics

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The two busloads of seventh- and eighth-graders from Sterling who arrived at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Bethesda were on a mission. They had come to test the underwater robots they built and to see which teams could maneuver their robots most effectively in a simulated oil-spill scenario.

The students were participants in a Naval research program to interest children in science and technology.

Washington Post, May 22, 2013

Convertible lane for King Street?

The Leesburg Town Council is preparing to take another look at a plan to stimulate night life in the downtown area. The council is considering a proposal to add sidewalk space for pedestrian traffic and outdoor dining along a two-block stretch of King Street, between Cornwall and Loudoun streets.

A convertible sidewalk lane is one way that might happen.

Washington Post, April 22, 2013