Kids 4 Hydrogen flew up to Seattle, WA, to meet with Wikispeed and Origami Paddleboards. Their goal: build the first modular hydrogen vehicle with zero emissions. Touring the Wikispeed shop, the students learned about the revolutionary process of building a vehicle that doesn’t take a billion dollars. Brainstorming with Joe Justice,…
After weeks of collaboration with Daniel Kodama and Rebecca Fang, Zohar Wouk put together and completed the “In the Year 2050” music video. Working in Merit Academy’s theater, Zohar took video clips of Nicole D’Arcy singing the song and various video news and documentary clips to create an amazing music video. …
Want to learn more about why we need to reduce the CO2 produced on earth? Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, will be speaking at the Spangenberg Theater in Palo Alto on Nov 10th at 7pm. Here’s what Bill says, “Do the math! The math is terrifying:Dirty energy companies can burn no…
After several setbacks with the music video production, Kids 4 Hydrogen members took new footage using interesting location sets that included UCSC’s enchanted forest, Pleasure Point beach, County Dump, local cemetery, and a nearby street with an abandoned car. Nicole lip synced to the song she previously recorded at Indigital Studios…
Students love the new Horizon Mini Pak. It’s a portable smartphone recharger that is powered by a miniature hydrogen canister. Now they can charge their cell phones while in flight, in remote campgrounds, and when there’s a power outage. The students plan to use this Mini Pak on their fuel cell…
While at the Alt Car Expo in Santa Monica, the Kids 4 Hydrogen team met with Steve Ellis of American Honda. Steve worked closely with Jaclyn D’Arcy, founder of Kids 4 Hydrogen, back in 2004-2007. He gave them an update on the hydrogen fuel cell industry and Honda’s fuel cell car…
Imagine flying to LAX in the middle of the much-anticipated Carmageddon (Hwy 405 closure)? Up at 4:30 am, Kids 4 Hydrogen team (Zohar Wouk, Rebecca Fang, and Susan Tatsui-D’Arcy) flew to LA to attend the Alt Car Expo in Santa Monica, CA. Taylor Honda, team member, and his family live in…
Students met with Juan Contreras of the California Fuel Cell Partnership to learn how the hydrogen industry is working together to build a H2 infrastructure and collaborate with fuel cell car manufacturers. By asking questions of Juan, they came away with a better understanding of how Kids 4 Hydrogen could join…
Mission accomplished! Kids 4 Hydrogen team members Zohar Wouk, Michael Beck, and Susan Tatsui-D’Arcy flew to Dallas last week to meet with Wikispeed CEO, Joe Justice, at the Agile 2012 conference. After listening to Joe’s inspirational speech, the students gave high fives with the Wikispeed Team. Zohar steered the Wikispeed (100-mile…