About the Authors

DaedalusaL4 was produced over a period of about 10 months by a group of 5 Irish students, 3 from Blackrock College school, and 2 from St. Joseph of Cluny. I think everyone would agree that it was an unforgettable experience. We all learned an awful lot from the project, and made some very very solid friends. Getting a prize was a nice bonus, but the project itself was more than reward enough in its own right. If anyone out there is considering entering the competition next year, we'd give it a high recommendation.

If you want to contact us about the project, or anything else for that matter, you can email us by clicking on the names below.


For all you thrill seekers out there, here's a little bit more about the authors of this project:

Lorraine Murphy Age: 16 School: St. Joseph of Cluny Project Area of Expertise: Industry and Research Hobbies/Interests: Drama, music and animals Favourite Quote: "How very peculiar" Ambition: To take over the world / Be God. Favourite Movie: American Beauty, Cruel Intentions, Benny & Joon Favourite TV show: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel Favourite Music: Rock What's under your bed? Drawers, carpet, dust, microorganisms I have always wanted to live in a rotating doughnut because.... Does this doughnut have jam? No!? Why not?? Hmmm.....Jam..... Anything else we should know? Nope

Stuart Redmond Age: 18 School: Blackrock College Project Area of Expertise: Internal Design Hobbies/Interests: Star Wars, Hill-walking, Reading Favourite Quote: "The world is no longer a romantic place, but there are still romantic people in the world - therein lies the promise, don't let the world win" -John Cage Ambition: Anything that allows me to fly first class on a Concorde, except a steward. Favourite Movie: Star Wars Episodes 1,4,5,6 ; The Shawshank Redemption. Favourite TV show: Ally McBeal Favourite Music: Anything by John Williams What's under your bed? Nothing I have always wanted to live in a rotating doughnut because.... ME! Live on DL4? You must be mad, its a death trap! As far as I'm concerned the only thing that should live in a wheel is a hamster. Anything else we should know? Nothing I'm prepared to tell you.

Mark Cummins Age: 16 School: Blackrock College Project Area of Expertise: CAD, Recreation, Website Hobbies/Interests: Cycling, Sailing, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Debating Favourite Quote: We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. -Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil...prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. -Terry Pratchett Ambition: Well, since ruling the world is already taken, I'll have to go for Complete Galactic Domination. Favourite Movie: Thomas Crown Affair, Goodmorning Vietnam Favourite TV show: Star Trek, Horizon, Fraiser. Favourite Music: R.E.M., U2, Garbage, Sheryl Crowe What's under your bed? A map of the Arctic Ocean actually. I have no idea why. I have always wanted to live in a rotating doughnut because.... Well, I've always liked merry-go-rounds, and if bigger is better then... Anything else we should know? Nothing springs to mind.

Alison Squire Age: 16 School: St. Joseph of Cluny Project Area of Expertise: External Design, Power generation, Government and Socio-economics. Hobbies/Interests: Projects, Debating/Public Speaking, Basketball Favourite Quote: "Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way" "Time, we know, is relative. You can travel light years through the stars and back, and if you do it at the speed of light then, when you return, you may have aged mere seconds while your twin brother or sister will have aged twenty, thirty, forty or however many years it is, depending on how far you traveled. This will come to you as a profound shock, particularly if you didn't know you had a twin brother or sister." - Douglas Adams Ambition: To be happy when I look back at my life. Favourite Movie: Erin Brockovich Favourite TV show: That one with the black screen and no sound...oh that's when it's off...ooops! Don't really know then... Favourite Music: Whatever suits my mood. What's under your bed? Air...dust...carpet...floor..garage...ground (in that order) I have always wanted to live in a rotating doughnut because.... I like going round...and round...and round..in circles. I hear there's plenty of room for scientists, and a nice view as well! Anything else we should know? It has been suggested that in the past year that I have spent more time in Blackrock College than some of its students, but it was worth it. Hands up who said we could do this in two weeks!!!

Cian Wilson Age: 18 School: Blackrock College Project Area of Expertise: Agriculture and Life Support Hobbies/Interests: Organ, Saxophone, Singing, Science projects, and freaking people out (I don't even have to try) Favourite Quote: "Don't let people deter you from your dreams because their dreams are limited" -Dr. Mae C. Jemison Ambition: To build DaedalusaL4 Favourite Movie: Being John Malcovitch Favourite TV show: Don't feed the Gondolas Favourite Music: Tocatta from Symphony No. 5 for Organ by Widor What's under your bed? Two drawers, wrinkled clothes, and the floor I have always wanted to live in a rotating doughnut because.... I feel dough technology represents humankind's future in space. Anything else we should know? No.

Group Photo

From Left: Lorraine, Stuart, Mark, Alison and Cian in the grounds of Blackrock College.

And we just had to include,
The Infamous Drawing Board

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