Second Summer

We ended up finally getting our device for Second Summer to work about an hour before we had to present it at 3pm, and had to stay up until 5am last night. We managed to win the competition though, so we each got a graphing calculator. There were five teams, all of us were freshman. Our product was the Quake-Lock, which would lock your cabinet in the event of earthquake. The weight at the top produces at torque about the hook, which releases a spring-loaded pin, which catches the groove on the door, locking the cabinet. The other items were a signaling device for the back of a bike, a game to teach children what to do with disaster, a survival box for when power goes out and a floating wheelchair.