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Creativity Is the Edge
"When you're in any kind of engineeringrelated field, you have to use creativity,
and creativity is also the edge in the
entrepreneurial world. If you're trying to
solve a problem-a technical problem or
a business problem-it takes thinking
outside the box, thinking about the problem on a bigger scale, looking at it from
another angle," says Randall, who discovered that many of the skills needed to
make a business run-risk taking, marketing, public relations, and funding-
are also needed to make an autonomous
car run and compete. "It's really important for young people starting out to
realize that life is a whole learning
process and just because you're out of
school doesn't mean that you're done.
You've got to keep your skills current
and on the leading edge. It's really, really
important, especially in this field, where
things move so fast."
-Heather Wax is a freelance writer
living in Brookline, Massachusetts.
says she's looking for another engineerweekends on the project, and she was
ing-type project to get involved with,
hooked. Even though the team, a small
while Randall is focusing on her compagroup of engineers and students,
ny, Ascot Technologies, which develops
received little financial support,
software for cell phones that connects
AnnieWAY made the finals of the Urban
mobile people with large corporate
Challenge, competing for US$3.5 million in cash prizes.
"I had a great time making the car work. I really
found myself enjoying it ....
But I never sought out to do
this. I just do whatever I love
and what moves me and
motivates me. Women should
do what they love, what really sparks excitement, and
then go for it," says Lien, not
only the sole woman on
Team AnnieWAY but also one
of the few women to compete
at the race at all. "I always
appreciated the engineering
aspect, what engineers do,
but I think now, maybe
because I understand a bit
more, I really feel their
excitement."
DARPA has no further Team AnnieWAY members proudly display their finalist medals, which were presented during
robotic races planned. Lien the closing ceremony at the Urban Challenge.
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PHOTO COURTESY OF ANNIE LIEN
PHOTO COURTESY OF ANNIE LIEN
Annie Lien, a specialist in human-computer interaction, takes a moment with the
AnnieWAY vehicle, while the Osh Kosh robot looms in the background.
inventories and databases-like the Multiple Listing Service.
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