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Journalism of Courage
The 25th edition of the annual three-day technical and business fest, Innovision 2008, began on Thursday at the Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology NSIT.
A number of teams from various colleges participated in numerous competitions and games.
One of the competitions, 8216;Carnage8217; involved teams creating their own remote-controlled cars saw many innovative ideas, with basic four-wheeled machines being created out of items like notebook covers and pens. Another quirky event was 8216;Complicato8217;, where participants were required to devise a complicated answer to a simple problem. The task given to the participating teams was to blow out a lit candle.
Teams devised levers and adjusted wires to create twelve-step procedures to blow out a candle. Apoorv Kansal, a participant said, 8220;It8217;s really not simple. We are using a water balloon, levers and a fan to blow out the candle, and have to make sure the angles, distance, etc, are just right.8221;
