MRISAR staff/family members John Siegel, Victoria Croasdell-Siegel, Autumn Siegel and Aurora Siegel presented and demonstrated aspects of responsible technologies before different groups of students at the Washington Elementary school in Owosso, Michigan. Over 2,000 students attended. The presentation was to help bring awareness to the importance of using technologies to provide environmental and humanitarian solutions. Among the subjects covered are alternative energy, low environmental impact technologies, adaptive technologies (to improve the quality of life for disabled individuals) and how important science, math and even art are to being able to take an idea and turn it into a working prototype.

When the Siegel's present, they represent not only MRISAR, but also Education For Prosperity, a non-profit organization the Siegels co-founded in 1995. The demonstrations have been supplied free of charge as an effort to share with and inspire others to learn and contribute to the welfare of humanity and the environment.

Above: Autumn (age 14) and Aurora (age 11), demonstrate before a group of students about the importance robotics can have in saving peoples lives. Here they simulate removing unknown objects from a public location via a 5 fingered robot arm mounted to a wheeled platform and controlled by a panel. The robot has a camera on it that will allow for telepresence operations. This application can also be effective for removing toxic chemicals, searching for survivors in collapsed buildings, etc.

Students at Washington Elementary, in Owosso, MI. On stage Autumn & Aurora Siegel demonstrate a probe robot.