SENSORS CITY
*Science and Engineering NASA Site of Remote Sensing
*City Transportation
*Nick J. Rahall, II
Appalachian Transportation
Institute
*Marshall University
*Mars Station
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*Linda Hamilton� hamilton@marshall.edu
*http://netapps.marshall.edu/lego
*http://SENSORSCITY.marshall.edu
�� The Nick J. Rahall, II Appalachian Transportation Institute (RTI)� LEGO 24-Hour City is a Science and Engineering NASA Site of Remote Sensing (SENSORS).� With the use of tele-robotics and LEGO RCX robots, students can explore and discover different environments.
�� RTI is located at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. One of the goals of the RTI is to provide quality transportation-related programs to elementary, middle, and high school students, with the express purpose of attracting students to careers in transportation fields. Each year, a variety of workshops are sponsored which enable students to explore the technologies and issues related to transportation in the United States.
�� Linda Hamilton, mathematics instructor at Marshall University, working with Chris Rogers of Tufts University Center for Engineering Educational Outreach, has designed the LEGO 24-Hour City at RTI to be operational for remote sensing.� Many schools have remotely operated the City�s monorail, gates, traffic counters, and vehicles.