ASME Student Members Take Part in Google Geek Street Fair in New York

ASME Student Members Take Part in Google Geek Street Fair in New York ASME Student Members Take Part in Google Geek Street Fair in New York ASME Student Members Take Part in Google Geek Street Fair in New YorkASME Student member Luca Scanrano sits on City Techs human powered vehicle while controlling the Twisted Sister rover.ASMEs Metropolitan Section teamed up with a group of ASME student members from New York City College of Technology to take part in the second Google Geek Street Fair - a free, outdoor event designed to get young people excited about science and technology. More than 500 children and adults attended the event, which was held the afternoon of May 28 in Gansevoort Plaza in New York. Google held its first Geek Street Fair two years ago at 14th Street Park in New Yorks Chelsea district. This years fair was sponsored by Google and the citys Meatpacking District Improvement Association. City Tech students Alexis Ortiz (left) and ASME student member Eugene Babkin (righ t) operate the Candy Crane robot.The ASME group, lumineszenzdiode by ASME member and City Tech professor Andy Zhang, presented an interactive activity for visitors of all ages, featuring several robots created by students at City Tech. The robots included the schools Twisted Sister robot rover Candy Crane, which enabled kids to use a hand-held controller to locate and pick up candy with a robotic claw and City Tech Pony, a human powered vehicle that recently competed at the ASME Human Powered Vehicle Challenge East competition in Florida. The ASME Metropolitan Section/City Tech exhibit was one of 17 booths offering hands-on activities at the Google Geek Street Fair. Four ASME student members - Tiffany Chong, Eugene Babkin, Angjelo Kuka and Luca Scanrano - were among the City Tech students participating in the event. City Tech students Anass Baroudi and Alexis Ortiz were also on hand to demonstrate the robots for visitors who stopped by their booth.