Lo and behold it worked! While Brendan’s invention is obviously tongue-in-cheek, the earnest presentation of a science fair project powering bike shifting is just too good.

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TECHNOLOGY BEHIND STATE FAIR. I PUT A LOT OF HARD WORK INTO THE CREAM OF IT WAS SCIENCE LESSON. NUMBER ONE THIS SORT OF STATE FAIR SCHOOL. THERE ARE DIFFERENT PARTS OF HOW MAKE A CREAM PUFF THEN ...

Mohamed, wearing an official Google Science Fair T-shirt that said "Finalist Fan" on the back, took an occasional break from the never-ending selfies. During a lull, he hopped on a Google bike and ...

As low-cost technology enables a generation of teens to innovate and invent independently, traditional science-fair supporters are thinking carefully about how to grow the talent pipeline in STEM.

That disturbed me. I had read that minority women were highly underrepresented in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and saw this disparity in science fair competitions.

Since 1956, the fair has promoted student research in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). The fair is open to students in Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes who ...