Students engineer futuristic cities
Flying cars and space ports might be the first things that come to mind when people think about cities of the future.
But for eighth-grader Aiden Hernandez of Silver Stage Middle School in Silver Springs, even future cities need to have some pepperoni and cheese.
“This is what I’m actually most proud of,” said Hernandez with a big smile, pointing to a little Styrofoam building with a red roof right smack in the middle of a miniature city model.
“You gotta have a Pizza Hut.”
Hernandez built his miniature dream city Desert Oasis, a homage to the powers of solar
energy, with fellow eighth-
graders Ashley Shoell and Nick Hummer. Hernandez’s group is one of 11 teams that took part Saturday in the Future City 2008 Competition regionals at the University of Nevada, Reno. Read full story:
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