

Engineers Out to Squash the Competition
After countless trips to Lowe’s, hundreds of man hours, four binders filled with physics equations and nearly $800 spent on supplies, a New Jersey robotics team believes it has what it takes to hurl a pumpkin 250 yards through the air on Saturday.
Mount Olive Robotics, or Mort11 as this high-school team of engineering buffs is affectionately known, is the reigning champion of the Warren County Last Fling Pumpkin Sling, a competition that is equal parts “MythBusters” and Monty Python. Now in its second year, the Pumpkin Sling was inspired by the world championship Punkin Chunkin competition, a Super Bowl for engineering wonks held annually in Bridgeville, Del., and broadcast on the Discovery Channel..
..read article





