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Aspen Morning TV features Solar Rollers
Noah Davis
Who needs coffee when your morning show is filled with solar energy?
Read MoreSolar Power World Intersolar Interview
Noah Davis
In this video interview overview of the program, Noah Davis reveals the true goal of the Solar Rollers: "pretty much world domination."
Long Tail Pipe
Noah Davis
...what I found at Intersolar simply astonished me with what an excellent idea it is.
Read MoreAspen Public Radio - Nonprofit in the Spotlight
Noah Davis
Aspen Public Radio is featuring Energetics Education throughout the month of July!
Read MoreRadio News Feature with a Solar Rollers team
Noah Davis
Ask high school students a meaningful question - and you'll get a meaningful answer. Just ask January Jones after this news feature interview with the members of the Roaring Fork High School Team.
Read MoreSolar Rollers from the Student Perspective
Noah Davis
"It's not a step-by-step process. The teams have to design the car and then solder and wire everything together. Initially they look in the box and say, 'What is all this stuff?'"
Read MoreRenewable Energy World - Email from the Future
Noah Davis
We’re starting small by sending a few ideas back to 2001 — to a guy we met named Elon Musk. He appears to have some potential and we need to start somewhere.
Read MoreReno News and Review
Noah Davis
“It’s an energy-based competition,” Davis said. “It’s not just the technology and the fabrication of parts and the engineering that goes into it; it’s actually an energy management program, the whole race.”
Read MoreReaching out beyond Colorado
Noah Davis
This is going to be nationwide, and with remote locations and races, we have to scale it up...
Read MoreGoing Interplanetary on ABC News
Noah Davis
ABC News in San Francisco led their Intersolar "innovations in solar" story with Solar Rollers.
Read MoreSolar Power World Article
Noah Davis
The roller slammed into a track barrier, built by solar mounting systems supplier Unirac, and its rear wheels jumped-up from the course. Nothing was damaged during that crash or a dozen or so subsequent ones, but the impacts elicited a few “aahs.”
“It’s just they go so epically fast, how do you not crash?” Slater asked, without overstating the speed. In a good straightaway, solar rollers can reach 28 mph.
Read MoreIntersolar TV features Solar Rollers Special Exhibit
Noah Davis
Can a reporter deliver his commentary and drive a Solar Roller at the same time? Start at 3:59 if you're in a hurry to find out.
Read MoreRMI/Christian Science Monitor Feature Solar Rollers
Noah Davis
Hands-on learning is best for understanding energy issues, study finds
Education is important for the future of the world's energy challenges, writes Laurie Guevara-Stone. And today's children can learn through hands-on experience, according to a Purdue University study.
Summit High School Feature
Noah Davis
Members of the Summit High School tech club designed and built a solar-powered remote-control car that can go 28 mph. The car, one of two built by the tech club’s two teams, won first place for fastest speed at the Solar Rollers competition Saturday, May 17.
Read MoreBattle Mountain High's Win in the Vail Daily
Noah Davis
Their car was mangled after a competitor crashed into them and they were 40 laps down, working feverishly to get back on the track as other teams’ remote control solar race cars sped past.
And that’s when they had their MacGyver moment.
They replaced a non-replaceable broken king pin with the top of a drill bit and the spring from an ink pen.
Read MoreCLEER Pre-race Article
Noah Davis
“These brave students, teachers and team leaders from the community have really jumped in with both feet to learn about energy here. The effort they’ve put into strategizing, tinkering, experimenting, testing and refining has to be commended. They are already victors at the starting line.” said Davis.
Read MoreEnergetics Ed Non-profit Spotlight
Noah Davis
“The idea is that adults have not been very successful with solving energy problems,” he said, “So let’s give young people the tools they need to make changes as they enter the workforce and become consumers.” Solar Rollers teaches kids how energy systems work because, he explained, energy use is the most important human interaction with the planet. “It’s so easy to convince yourself that you’re maintaining an interaction with the planet by hiking up Castle Creek but it’s also about energy use in your car or in your home,” he explained.
Read MoreGood Morning Vail on TV8
Noah Davis
Battle Mountain High Prep Story
Noah Davis
Kenny Vargas,17, solders interconnecting ribbons to a solar cell as part of the Technology Student Association’s Solar Rollers’ project Wednesday at Battle Mountain High School. The team will race their car in the Solar Rollers Trophy Race against other Colorado high schools on May 17.
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