The recent excursion to MIT was one of the best field trips I've ever been on. Once the AS220 group entered the MIT buildings, it was a technological world where anything you could think of as reasonably possible to create could be done. We went into a lab where there was a massive machine which used only water to cut clean through 7 to 9 inches of steel. Then we saw robot cars being produced, high tech communication booths where business interactions could take place, a bass guitar powered using only a hand pump, and an electric fabric which lit up when touched. It was a good/well/great experience which taught me to appreciate all of the passion and work which goes into our technology these days.

Writing and Photography by Jeremiah Joseph