Virtual reality is a valuable tool for simulating environments as NASA astronauts prepare for space missions. They also train underwater to get a feel for what it’s like to be in space.
Two Embry-Riddle students are looking to merge those worlds.
One of the students is Matt Meyers, a 2011 Ada High School graduate.
Human Factors students Nathan Sonnenfeld and Meyers have used a 3-D printer in the Game-based Education & Advanced Research Simulations (GEARS) Lab to make a plastic headset that uses wireless technology to create virtual environments, similar to Oculus Rift goggles.
Santa heard the wishes of 150 kids...of all ages...at the Ada Public Library on Thursday evening. Here, John Mostowy of Mason, Ohio, wishes for good grades on his upcoming finals. He's a fourth 4th-year ONU pharmacy student. (Monty Siekerman photo)
Tommy Tires Sales of Bluffton will open a store south of Ada at 3033 State Route 309. The business is located at the intersection of 309 and State Route 235, in the former carpet warehouse.
Tom Dotson, owner of the tire sales, said that his business will stock:
• passenger and light truck tires
• small farm tires
• all-steel carports –used for garages, utility and agriculture buildings
• trailers
Dotson says that once the business is open and in operation he will add a 40- by 80-foot addition to it.
No, that's not snow from a storm moving it on the right side of the photo. It's tassels from an ornamental grass among the lights at the Depot Park. (Monty Siekerman photo)
Ada High School graduate Katelyn Guagenti’s summer plans involve a trip to Thailand and maybe Laos.
Guagenti, a sophomore communication science and disorders (speech pathology/audiology) major at Ohio State University, plans to be in Thailand from July 5 to 18. If her plans work out, she’ll also go to Laos from July 18-31.
Her summer plans center around a program titled GIVE. That stands for Growth International Volunteer Excursions.
Several employees of the Ada Police Department were honored during the department's annual Christmas awards dinner held Dec. 9, according to Michael Harnishfeger, police chief.
The awards honored several employees who have performed above and beyond the call of duty.
• Sgt. Donnie Deckling was presented with a Departmental Certificate of Appreciation for his work with our newly formed K9 Unit, which was certified in October of this year.
