Mines Students Share Their Innovations

Mines Students Share Their Innovations

Hear about Mines students recent successes at Hackathons, straight from the students themselves. IRMI (Intuitive Remote Manipulation Interface) ============================================== IRMI makes use of the Leap Motion to transmit precise hand movements to...
Mines students making a name for themselves at hackathons

Mines students making a name for themselves at hackathons

A virtual reality app that encourages people with neck injuries to do muscular exercises, an automated parking lot assistant to help find that elusive parking spot on campus and an inventory tracking system built around a Wii Fit balance board – those are just a...
Computer science students win big at Xilinx Hackathon

Computer science students win big at Xilinx Hackathon

Computer science students from Colorado School of Mines won big at the Xilinx Technology Showcase & Hackathon 2017, taking first and second place in the tech company’s coding competition earlier this month in Longmont. Twelve student and industry teams competed...
Mines Students Win Prize at HackHarvard

Mines Students Win Prize at HackHarvard

Nhan Tran and a group of Mines students from different colleges prototyped a thoughtful cocktail mixer that can be voice controlled with Amazon Alexa and recognize customer’s emotions via webcam to make personalized drinks. Their project was awarded “Best...
EPICS 151 tackles bike safety

EPICS 151 tackles bike safety

Students in EPICS 151 in the spring 2017 semester took on the challenge of improving bike and pedestrian safety, as a part of the RoadX Challenge sponsored by the Colorado Department of Transportation. The winning design was a solar-powered LED system that alerts...
Mines Tiny House to have a big impact

Mines Tiny House to have a big impact

The Mines Tiny House club, in conjuncture with the Solar Decathlon Team, have been hard at work designing and building a solar powered tiny house. This house will be the framework for the full sized house built for the solar decathlon. Learn more at their website and...