<p>What's the name (or number) of the mechanical engineering course that was (usually) given in the spring semester in which the students were given a box of materials, told what the objective was, given 2+ weeks to design and build their device, and then near the end of the semester there was a competition between pairs of students or student teams with their devices to crown a winner? It may have been cross listed in other majors. Periodically, it's filmed and put on the Discovery Channel.</p>
<p>I think I figured it out. 2.70. What it is now, dunno.</p>
<p>I think you’re talking about 2.007. There’s also 6.270 but that’s held over IAP and isn’t a mechanical engineering course.</p>
<p>Are you thinking of 2.670? Maslab? Both of those occur over IAP.</p>
<p>(6.270 is Course 6’s response to 2.670. Both are intro-y fun build-y classes in their respective fields :D)</p>
<p>It was 2.70 until the mid-1990’s at least, for example:</p>
<p>[Busch</a> Wins 2.70 Niagara Contest - The Tech](<a href=“http://tech.mit.edu/V116/N23/busch.23n.html]Busch”>http://tech.mit.edu/V116/N23/busch.23n.html)</p>
<p>I don’t know if it exists in the same form now, either.
2.670 seems quite different.</p>
<p>6.270 and 2.70 both existed through year 2000. They added another design competition during this time, too.</p>