The Easter bunny came late this year to Cornell University, when the American Society of Mechanical Engineers hosted its fifth annual Egg Drop Contest last week.
Twenty-nine entrants designed containers to protect a raw egg from a four-story drop to the stone floor in front of a Cornell building. Judges selected four winners from a field of 29 entries that left the egg intact:
*A 251/2-in. paper parachute won the "drag design" category;
*A device weighing 12.8 grams won the lightest award
*A triangular device with a string-suspension system won the best engineered category;
*A contraption constructed on the pendulum principle won the most creative category.
Creativity and improvisation went into many entries. Chesrios, stuffed animals and marshmallow fluff were the secrets to success behind a few of the surviving eggs. A watermelon, a potted plant and several huge snowballs weren't so lucky. Cornell Daily Sun
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