The Halfbakery could form an affiliation with universities around the world, creating a summer program by which a group or groups of technically-minded students could be bundled into a dormitory in a centrally-located college, and given instructions to select and build Halfbakery ideas. Marketing ideas would also be part of the summer course.

This would be a hands-on course that brings experience in design, manufacture, implementation, and marketing.

Comes with college credit, and would be overseen by halfbakery members who have both self-respect and the respect of the group.

EDIT: When was the last time two Halfbakery: Realization ideas were posted on the same day?
-- shapu, Aug 17 2006

Probably recently. No offence, but engineering departments have their fair share of project incentives. That is, we'd probably need our own funding. Unfortunately, I don't think our squad is large enough for this yet, but I dream of it's realization! In the vein of idealism: [+]
-- daseva, Aug 17 2006


I like this, because it requires no additional effort on my part, but might make me feel like someone was benefiting from the time I waste here.
-- bungston, Aug 17 2006


'Building' a Halfbakery idea is one thing - but what about building a halfbaked invention? You know, the ones that are pointless or won't work due to a funny flaw?

Let's see the pesky students do that!

P.s. I'm with [IT], figuratively speaking.
-- Jinbish, Aug 17 2006


Would make a great low-budget cable-channel tv show....

[+]
-- monojohnny, Aug 17 2006


Because you'd be given the title "Visiting Professor?"
-- shapu, Aug 17 2006


Maybe if it were *globally* located somewhere, or in several locations... I certainly would volunteer to help out in Hawaii or someplace else that has a lot of palm trees.
-- xandram, Aug 17 2006


Um, who is going to pay for this? I have $.35 and some lint.
-- Galbinus_Caeli, Aug 17 2006


[Ian], that's genius! You should start up one of those places, sounds like it could really work. Schooling on the internet, what will you think of next?
-- NotTheSharpestSpoon, Aug 17 2006


[Ian] no, that would be much too practical. It was just a suggestion for shapu to expand the idea to include all the countries represented here at the halfbakery.

(Later) I came back to see if I had misread the idea. I thought shapu meant for a *hands on* type of program. How else would one know if students were understanding halfbakery inventions?
-- xandram, Aug 17 2006


Hmm...I don't think I realized how US centric I'd made this (Which is odd, considering I put in the words "united states"). Whoops.
-- shapu, Aug 17 2006


//Maybe if it were *globally* located somewhere//
Location: Earth.
-- moomintroll, Aug 17 2006



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