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…
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,…