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The bill includes THE WATER provisions that FHSAA officials CALENDAR, 7 said would make illegal recruit- ing between high schools easier Ice cream for charity to hide and lead to an unfair bal- ance in competition. Legislators Help yourself to lots of ice cream argued that it will help keep the and help Ronald McDonald FHSAA’s power in check. House at the same time. “The amount of power they LIFESTYLES, 8 have is just unbounded,” Rep. Elizabeth Porter, R-Lake City, COMMUNITY BULLETIN........... .4 said. “There have been a number CALENDAR ................... .7 PHOTOS BY SARAH WILSON — THE OBSERVER LIFESTYLES................... .8 of occasions of them really over- Joy Goff-Marcil takes the oath of office, above, at the swearing- stepping their boundaries.” HOME MAGNIFIER ............. .12 in ceremony for the newest Maitland City Council on April 8. John CULTURE.................... .16 Lowndes, far left, also was sworn in for his first term. Councilman Home searches that seek to OPINIONS ................... .17 Ivan Valdes accepted his second term in the same ceremony. verify whether or not a student CLASSIFIEDS ................. .32 lives in the residency shown on his or her school records would no longer be allowed; while simulta- SUBSCRIBE NOW! neously investigations into those VISIT WPMOBSERVER.COM n Please see FHSAA on page 6 Maitland works to try Teaching NASA to restart stalled FlexBus SARAH WILSON to make money group and decide what we’re go- Observer Staff ing to do,” Schieferdecker said. Publisher statement on page 4. USPS 00-6186 Following news that LYNX no That feeling persisted after SARAH WILSON smaller, better-packaged and longer plans to assist partner cit- the mayors and members of staff Observer Staff more commercialized, student ies through the implementation from each of the cities met with Skirting the surface of the Jason Goldberg said. phase of FlexBus, Maitland city LYNX CEO John Lewis Tuesday thick glass windshield of a space Instead of only detecting staff and officials are working after having received a follow- shuttle, a non-contact induction space shuttle cracks, this ver- on reevaluating how to move the up letter detailing LYNX’s con- sensor is in search of nicks and sion, he said, has the potential system forward. cerns with FlexBus April 3. cracks on the smooth, tinted area. to increase the precision of 3D Plans for the intelligent transit “It’s become readily apparent At work, the inductor mea- printing, help with miniscule system’s demonstration phase that they have shifted directions sures the exact size and scale measurements in Department got a flat tire in mid-March fol- into a different focus than we of a crack down to one-fifth the of Defense projects, and – with lowing word from LYNX that had,” Community Development thickness of a human hair, but some fine tuning – possibly help the bus system had no plans to Director Dick Wells said. the NASA-patented sensor tech- surgeons in the operating room help implement FlexBus past This misunderstanding, ac- nology itself totals the size of a make highly precise incisions. helping develop its technology. cording to the cities, comes into tabletop. “We were given a few months This, Maitland Mayor Howard play over it being previously im- In December, a group of four to provide a marketing plan to Schieferdecker said, has forced plied in agreements that LYNX Rollins College MBA students find out if there was any com- the cities – Maitland, Altamonte would oversee the operator of presented to NASA a black and mercial viability for using the Springs, Longwood and Cassel- the system and help apply for blue lunch-box-sized cardboard sensor outside of the shuttle pro- berry – to reevaluate its future. federal grant money to fuel the box with the same measuring gram, which is what it was origi- “I still think we’re kind of in buses after the demonstration sensor shrunk down to postage- nally developed for,” Goldberg shock. We have to reevaluate the phase set to start later this year. stamp size and packaged inside. said. “And what we did was be- whole situation… We have to re- n Please see FLEXBUS on page 2 It’s the same technology, only n Please see NASA on page 2 Page 2 Thursday, April 11, 2013 Winter Park / Maitland Observer FLEXBUS | NASA | Rollins students micro-sized NASA invention, made it sellable commercially n CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE n CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE To learn more about the technology and techniques used by Rollins students to Lewis, in his letter to the may- yond putting together a market- market NASA’s sensor patent, and their ors, said LYNX has concerns over ing plan, what we decided to do continued efforts outside the classroom, the current scope of the systems was prototype and package the visit JunturaSensors.com plans, citing issues with station lo- sensor technology.” For more information about the Rollins cations and possible Title VI con- A Space Act Agreement signed Entrepreneurial Scholar of Distinction flicts if the system offers service last fall between NASA and Rol- Program, visit tinyurl.com/RollinsESD too “premium” for lower-income lins gave Goldberg, two of his riders. LYNX will proceed with its classmates and two professors the agreement to finish outlining the opportunity to take their choice ter taking the technology from design concept and technology, from patent-pending NASA- large and overbearing to small which is in its final phase. developed technologies to try and compact. Wells said Maitland along with to commercialize and develop, “If you can’t take something in the other FlexBus cities are work- tasked with finding a use and de- a patent that NASA developed for PHOTO COURTESY OF ROLLINS COLLEGE ing to draft a letter outlining their mand for it in other markets. a very specific program or appli- grievances to present to the LYNX Rollins professor Peter McAlin- cation and reduce it what some- board of directors this week hop- don chose the non-contact induc- one else can understand, you’re that,” McAlindon said. classmates to continue their work ing to spur action to keep FlexBus tive sensor and let his students going to have a hard time selling Jim Nichols, who manages outside of the classroom, creat- moving forward however it can. take the lead, spending the semes- it … the students did a great job at licensing for NASA, said they ing their own commercialization sought out the partnership with company called Juntura Group – Rollins because of its nearby loca- “juntura” meaning a joint or con- Excellence in Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation tion and well-respected business nection in Spanish. “Connecting school. innovation to industry,” became A Senior Living Community where “We thought the idea really a principle they learned through benefits both parties,” he said. the sensor project. Hospitality is a Way of Life. “Rollins gets experience hands on The students are now work- with technology, we get the ben- ing with NASA to co-license the • Assisted Living - • Laundry, Housekeeping, efit of the research on the commer- sensor technology to Juntura to Rehabilitation and Skilled Maintenance Services cial potential.” continue their research of its mar- Nursing Care • Transportation to By the end of the semester, the ket viability. McAlindon said he • Variety of Apartment Outings and Medical Suite Selections, some Appointments students came up with targeted hopes students next fall will be with Lake Views • Beautifully Landscaped markets, from medical to automo- able to continue work on the sen- • Restaurant-Style Dining Courtyard “The quality of care is tive, for the sensor, and a pack- sor through the ongoing Space outstanding. 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