After planning this tour for over a year, the kids watched the 10-day H2 tour slideshow in Merit’s theater with the Kids 4 Hydrogen team and their families. They devoured a delicious teriyaki chicken dinner and yummy carrot cake! Enjoying a delicious BBQ dinner before the slideshow! Great closure — lots…
Joe Jordan, the NASA scientist who introduced Merit Academy students to hydrogen fuel cell technology in February 1997, visits the Kids 4 Hydrogen team in Santa Cruz to cheer them on! He traveled with the Merit Academy team to Humboldt State in 1997 to meet engineers who taught the students about…
After traveling over 1200 miles on our 10-day tour, we loved arriving in Santa Cruz — headquarters for Kids 4 Hydrogen! Friends and family met us on the Pacific Garden Mall where we conducted our last demonstration and Q&A. Michael Beck gave an interview with KSBW, Channel 8, and Rebecca Fang…
Today’s event was the biggest hit yet! Rebecca Fang did a bilingual interview with SinoVision TV in Mandarin and English! She also spoke to a Chinese newspaper reporter. We hope that our message gets across to an international audience! KTVU Channel 2 (San Jose) interviewed Nick Mercadante. Michael Beck, Natalie Kassel,…
The Kids 4 Hydrogen team met Raymond Lee, Mercedes R&D, at the Emeryville H2 Station twice on the northern California tour. They learned how to pump H2 into the F-Cell and watched a fleet of H2 and CNG buses come and go.
Heads were turning as the team drove the F-Cell over the Golden Gate Bridge, down Lombard Street, along the Embarcadero to the Exploratorium, Pier 39, and Fisherman’s Wharf. They even stopped by Ghirardelli Square where they met German tourists who appreciated their efforts in “catching up” to German advances with fuel…
The team enjoyed talking to well-educated policymakers. They discussed political issues about oil companies and fracking for natural gas (CNG) at the Capitol Building. They even sat in on a Calif Air Resources Board meeting at the EPA building!
Team members enjoyed the day back in Santa Cruz and Los Altos where they slept, rested and rejuvenated.
Nestled inside the ultra modern outdoor mall in Santa Monica, the Kids 4 Hydrogen team drove the Mercedes F-Cell down the corridor to Center Stage, where concerts and huge events take place. The students set up their displays and talked to hundreds of visitors over a 9-hour period. They fielded questions…
Cole Kawana videotaped the Mercedes F-Cell with his phantom droid. By arriving with the Kids 4 Hydrogen team before the Santa Monica Place stores opened, Cole set up his phantom to fly overhead and videotape the F-Cell while flying around the vehicle. He’s planning to give the footage to the team…