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Sixth annual Tech Stomp in Bellingham Sept. 9

The keynote speaker of the event is Eric Leonhart, director of the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Vehicle Research Institute. He will speak about the Progressive Automotive X Prize, an international competition to build an ultra fuel-efficient vehicle. ²ÝÁñÉçÇø's team was the only U.S. university making it into the finals…

Video: X Prize 100 MPG Car
²ÝÁñÉçÇø's X-Prize student team celebrate their achievements in 100 mpg car competition

A group of Western Washington University students will return from Detroit Thursday to celebrate their showing in the Progressive Automotive X-Prize Competition.

The students competed against more than 140 teams to build a car that can travel 100 miles per gallon.…

Meet ²ÝÁñÉçÇø X Prize team and see Viking 45 at celebration Thursday

A celebration will begin at noon Thursday, Aug. 5, for the Western Washington University team and the Viking 45 car that competed for the Progressive Automotive X Prize.

The international competition was to build a super fuel-efficient vehicle with consumer appeal. Viking 45 was…

Reflections on Elections

We’d mentioned in passing a few weeks back that the Bellingham Tea Party’s candidate forums at Whatcom Community College were excellent, and the Gristle would like to elaborate on that: They were excellent, both in the quality of the format and the professionalism of the moderator—Western…

²ÝÁñÉçÇø to welcome back its X PRIZE team Thursday at noon
'High School Musical' continues this weekend on campus
Hands-free accidents waiting to happen

Imagine the first cars, a new technology, kicking up dust on Manitoba's unregulated roads. Imagine our government then banning alcohol consumption while driving, unless the alcohol was consumed hands-free, creating a booming market for in-car beer holders with long straws securely attached…

In Brief: Dolce & Gabbana to Outfit Chelsea Football, Teague to Get His Close-Up

Ready your viewing devices for adocumentary about Walter Dorwin Teague (1883-1960), the pioneering American industrial designer who shaped everything from early Kodak cameras and Texaco's art deco gas stations to the Boeing Stratocruiser (we've posted below a vintage news report…

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