When Merit students have a goal, nothing gets in their way. Nicole D’Arcy, Daniel Kodama, and Rebecca Fang recorded their song “In the Year 2050” at a professional recording studio, Indigital Studios, in Santa Cruz on Sunday. After getting permission from Zager and Evans, the original artists of the hit song…
Four Kids 4 Hydrogen team members test drove the new Mercedes F-Cell(fuel cell) car in Palo Alto this morning. After touring the Research and Development Lab and getting a quick lesson in fuel-cell technology, each student drove this 100% hydrogen fuel cell car. Michael Beck, Nicole D’Arcy, Daniel Kodama, and Sean…
Daniel Kodama set the stage for the Kids 4 Hydrogen time-lapse photo shoot at the D’Arcy’s residence on July 27th. Marlee Melchizedek, freelance artist from Arizona, used watercolors and pens to create the first painting of a beautiful futuristic clean city scene. By carefully brushing splashes of peach and teal colors,…
When asked to compile a list of the top hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that will be rolling off the assembly line in 2015, it was like asking a child to choose his favorite flavor of ice cream. Peter Livingston has been passionate about cars — all cars — since he was…
A two-hour meeting turned into a four-and-a-half-hour meeting when the Kids 4 Hydrogen team met with Dr. Jay Keller, Dept of Energ y consultant, on May 26, 2012. He made a presentation that answered questions and helped the students learn about hydrogen fuel cell cars, comparisons between the various energy sources,…
Before leaving for Israel this summer, Zohar Wouk designed the new Kids 4 Hydrogen logo to give Merit Academy’s environmental nonprofit a new look. While in Israel, Zohar has created a new iPhone and smartphone application for facebook, twitter, and other social media formats. It’s in its preliminary design phase and…
When Nicole D’Arcy built the 15-cell hydrogen fuel cell stack when she was at Merit Academy, she made the headlines because she was the first middle school student to do so. Fourteen years later, Nicole joins the Kids 4 Hydrogen team to sing the lead in their new song “In the…
The Kids 4 Hydrogen team met via skype to organize the music video production of “In the Year 2050,” the next version of Zager and Evan’s “In the Year 2525.” Daniel Kodama takes the lead by laying out a storyboard that includes time-lapse footage with clips of the plight of civilians…
A new member to Kids 4 Hydrogen, Rebecca Fang brings her artistic poetry to the team. Zager and Evans, the original songwriters of the famous song “In the Year 2525,” generously agreed to let the Merit Academy team use the instrumental version of the song. Rebecca writes about what the world…
A fter competing and leading her volleyball team to the Junior Olympics this summer, Kendall Ronzano rallied her Kids 4 Hydrogen team members to research and write text for the new website. Adding forums, memberships, fuel cell sign-up programs, and more, Kendall created a top-notch website in just a few days…