Kids Re-enact Moon Landing in Robot Challenge at University of Washington and Win Trips to NASA Sites, the Tech and Engineering that will Enable Trains to Cross a Seattle Floating Bridge, and more in this week’s Seattle in the Spotlight.

Kids Re-enact Moon Landing in Robot Challenge at Univ. of Washington — and Win Trips to NASA Sites

GeekWire | July 25 | Kurt Schlosser

“Middle and high school students from across Washington state competed in a robotics challenge last week at the University of Washington to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing. Two winning teams won’t get to travel to the moon, but they will visit NASA facilities on opposite sides of the country. The Apollo 50 Next Giant Leap Student Challenge, or ANGLeS Challenge, attracted 4,000 students since its nationwide launch in January. Organized by NASA and the UW’s Northwest Earth and Space Sciences Pipeline, the event required kids to use drones, a miniature replica of NASA’s lunar lander and a Lego Mindstorms EV3 robot to explore an 8-by-10-foot map of the moon’s surface.”

Check Out Some of the Tech and Engineering that will Enable Trains to Cross a Seattle Floating Bridge

GeekWire | July 23 | Kurt Schlosser

“It’s already a pretty cool engineering marvel that the Seattle region has floating bridges carrying cars, buses and bikes across Lake Washington. Now we’re learning more about the technology that will enable Sound Transit to add trains to the mix on one of the structures. Calling it a “first-in-the-world achievement,” Sound Transit said Tuesday that it is a step closer to operating light rail on the Homer M. Hadley (I-90) floating bridge thanks to innovative track attachments and track bridges.”

University of Washington Lands $5 Million to Study Fake News and Misinformation

GeekWire | Monica Nickelsburg | July 22

“Americans were shocked to learn how misinformation was weaponized during the 2016 presidential race and experts believe it was just the beginning. As foreign adversaries become more sophisticated in this tact, U.S. universities are banding together to study fake news. The University of Washington announced a $5 million investment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation on Monday that will fund the new Center for an Informed Public. The research initiative is one of five the Knight Foundation is funding across academic institutions.”