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UC San Diego Students Surf with Onboard Computer

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Uploaded by on Aug 4, 2010

University of California, San Diego mechanical engineering undergraduates outfitted a surfboard with a computer and accompanying sensors -- one step toward structural engineering Ph.D. student Benjamin Thompson's quest to develop the science of surfboards.
The UC San Diego mechanical engineering undergraduates installed a computer and sensors on a surfboard and recorded the speed of the water flowing beneath the board. While the students surfed, the onboard computer sent water velocity information to a laptop on shore in real time. Learn more at: http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=973

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  • If students doing experiments with a surfing board, that I undestand why we have a lot of problems with anything else, and nothing solved.

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