MIT Invitational

[blakinator8]

Are the exam scores the space between orange and blue, or from the bottom to the orange?

Also, yo! I've competed in both of your events then. Nice! (RIP Geomap )

From the bottom to the orange.

Agreed, Geomapping was the greatest. Hopefully it'll be back in the rotation in the near future.

[jkang]

Agreed, Geomapping was the greatest.

Good jokes

[Tom_MS]

Optics (19th) - Test was pretty good, straightforward with a couple of curveballs but nothing too esoteric (other than maybe Fabry-Perot cavities lol) The laser setup, however, was not that great - the mirrors were covered in tape and this resulted in the bottom front edge not being flush or even parallel with the actual mirrors. We set the mirrors up perfectly but the variation in angle from the tape made our laser completely miss the 4th mirror and caused us to get a laser score of 21 :/ Very salty

Yeah we had this exact same problem. The test was fine with a few hard questions, but the LSS really killed because of those covers.

[Unome]

Today I noticed that one of the sections on the key from the Remote test is copied almost word for word from Wikipedia (the sentence is meaningless out of context too):

The satellites are spaced apart so their collective observations allow construction of high-definition 3D images.

They are spaced a few minutes apart from each other so their collective observations may be used to build high-definition three-dimensional images of the Earth's atmosphere and surface.

[windu34]

Today I noticed that one of the sections on the key from the Remote test is copied almost word for word from Wikipedia (the sentence is meaningless out of context too):

The satellites are spaced apart so their collective observations allow construction of high-definition 3D images.

They are spaced a few minutes apart from each other so their collective observations may be used to build high-definition three-dimensional images of the Earth's atmosphere and surface.

That's the answer to the benefits of having a train of consecutive satellites imaging the same area. Whats wrong with the answer? It may be slightly general, but it is correct

[Unome]

Today I noticed that one of the sections on the key from the Remote test is copied almost word for word from Wikipedia (the sentence is meaningless out of context too):

The satellites are spaced apart so their collective observations allow construction of high-definition 3D images.

They are spaced a few minutes apart from each other so their collective observations may be used to build high-definition three-dimensional images of the Earth's atmosphere and surface.

That's the answer to the benefits of having a train of consecutive satellites imaging the same area. Whats wrong with the answer? It may be slightly general, but it is correct

I guess it's just me nitpicking. The first thing that came to mind when I looked at that today was, how would they grade an answer along the lines of "In order that the satellite images can be accurately compared to each other"? I could see the test writer marking that correct, but other graders marking it incorrect.

[Ashernoel]

Hi all,

I was the ES for Hovercraft at MIT. I wrote the test and ran check-in at impound. The National event supervisor also came to the event; he supplied the tracks (which were admittedly slippery, but all identical to each other). In the interest of preserving the competitiveness of high-performing teams I won't give out individual raw scores, but I will show a plot of the scores for the device and test:

I competed in Maglev back in 2012(trial at nats), 2013, and 2014, so I know the pain of trying to make a vehicle go slowly over an unpredictable track. This was my second year as an ES at MIT (I proctored geologic mapping last year).

Are these vehicle scores only the mass or time scores? Someone was talking about getting a 47 on vehicle score, but if the top score on the test is 50, these vehicle scores look to be around 25. What am I missing? Sorry...

[Unome]

Apparently a video of the awards ceremony was posted to YouTube in February (discovered it in the related videos section when I saw at the Ohio State Tournament livestream).

[kenniky]

Are there official pictures anywhere

And why is the site down again

[windu34]

Are there official pictures anywhere

And why is the site down again

I cant remember the last time the site was up tbh lol