2.97 Egg Drop during IAP 2008

2.97 "Design-a-palooza" was offered for the first time during IAP 2008. The class encouraged students to develop their own design processes through several design challenges.

The first challenge asked students to design a device which would protect an egg dropped 21 stories from the top of MIT's Green Building. The device also needed to drop as quickly as possible without compromising the egg.

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2.97 Students: Katherine Choi, Matt Ciborowski, David Foster, Andi Gelb, Tylor Hess, Eugene Jang, Petek Saracoglu, Xindi Song, Alex St. Claire, Joshua Velasquez, Nathan Wang 2.97

Teaching Staff: Taylor Roan, Maria Yang, Jasmin Baek, Linda Liu

Still Photographer: Helen Tsai
Videographer: Joshua Velasquez

High-definition footage used in this video is available upon request at no charge for non-profit or educational use.

Produced by Joshua Velasquez for MIT Mechanical Engineering
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[Muleskin0017]

its always an asian!

[batteekha]

Good job guys. IF I were NASA I would've hired you all.

[lilboone9866]

think i am in middle school we have to do this but the teacher throws them off the roof randomly like as fast and as fast as he wants too! but its only 2 stories!! but he throws them downwards!! we are only in middle school!!!

[pumoo]

たまご

[JerseyMusicChannel]

@mams66 Staples? (:

[Kargoneth]

I just had an idea: Suspend the egg in a non-Newtonian fluid (eg, water + cornstarch) and toss it off the building. If the forces are right, the fluid should solidify on impact, protecting the egg (basically like temporarily encasing it in rock).

[valdezmiguel2]

hardboil it.

[mams66]

turned out great, the egg didnt break ^.^

made a rocket like shape, the tip of it tok all the impact and the egg was tangled in a web of rubberbads so it just like dangled in there but survived

[orgminyak]

how was it?

[Superdordor]

i have the same thing but 3 storys

but it in water salt and a sock

[mams66]

we have to drop it from the 2nd story of our school

i can only use, tin foil, straws, toothpicks, and paper cups

it may not weigh over 17 grams

no tape or glue

any ideas?? its due tuesday..