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Our team is honored to be a 2015 Edison Awards Nominee!  We look forward to hearing back from the judging rounds and learning more about the other nominations.

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The Collegiate Inventor's Competition was going on today at the US Patent and Trademark Office!  Congratulations to all teams -- your inventions looked wonderful!

Our team would like to thank the CIC for having us to the competition last year -- the event had a great impression on all of our team members.  We're happy that our team is still involved through volunteering -- Elizabeth presented & helped out at Camp Invention just a few months ago.  Looking forward to getting involved in more events and meeting talented young inventors!

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Our team is ecstatic to say that we've been nominated for a Philly Geek Award -- Best I.R.L. (In Real Life) Project!  You can read about it on Newsworks and Geekadelphia.  We'll know in August if we've won!

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Some updates over the past year:

Titan Arm was picked as one of The CNN 10 Inventions for 2014

The Arm was chosen for a Popular Science Invention Award for 2014 (featured on CBS)

Our team won the International James Dyson Award for 2013

We've been overwhelmed by the response from the media and our fans.  We love hearing from you -- you can contact us at info@titanarm.com

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Titan Arm hits CNN

Our team is pleased to announce that we've been featured on CNN's "Blueprint" Series.  Check out the video here.

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We're happy to announce that the Titan Arm is one of 6 finalists in the 2013 Collegiate Inventors Competition.  We'll be traveling down to Alexandria, VA next month for the final competition.

Special shout out to Team HERALD from the University of Pennsylvania, who are also finalists!

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Our team is ecstatic to report that our project has made the first cut in the international James Dyson Award competition.  We're part of the top 25% of projects entering the second round -- wish us luck!  Check out our project page.

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TitanArm places 1st Runner Up in NIH Competition

We're honored that our project has received 1st Runner Up in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Competition.  Our team competed in the category "Technology to Aid Underserved Populations and Individuals with Disabilities".

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Check out today's (June 2) Philly Inquirer, featuring Titan Arm in its Health Section!

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Washington DC Media Tour

Niko and McGill represented the team this past week in Washington DC, where they met with The Washington Post, Boot Camp radio, and the Wall Street Journal.

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Titan brings home 1st Place at Cornell Cup

We're happy to report that Team Titan was awarded first place at the Cornell Cup 2013!  Thank you to Cornell and Intel for organizing a remarkable competition.

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Discovery Channel Spot

Our project has been featured on the Discovery Channel "Daily Planet" segment.  Check out the video here -- our part comes in around the 4 minute marker.

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Departing for Cornell Cup!

Off we go!  See you soon Orlando!

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Engadget & Gizmodo!

We're honored to be featured on both Engadget and Gizmodo tech blogs.  Check it out!

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Cornell Cup -- Final Prep!

Our team is headed down to Disney tomorrow to compete in the Cornell Cup!  We'll be making some last minute tweaks tonight and then catching an early flight -- wish us luck!

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Titan Arm takes 2nd Overall in Penn Engineering

Our team is happy to report that we took 2nd place overall in Penn Engineering this past Thursday at the All Engineering Senior Design Presentations.  Thanks for all the support!  Our new teaser video is below, and we should be receiving a link to our full presentation on YouTube soon!

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Titan Arm: MEAM Senior Design Presentation

Today, Team Titan presented our project at the Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Day.  Attached to this post, you'll find our poster with information, as well as our "teaser" video below.

We're happy to report that our team was honored with the Judge's Award for overall project excellence.  We'll be one of three teams representing that Mechanical Engineering Department at the All Engineering Senior Design presentations next week.