Ping Pong Ball Bridge

Today in engineering we had a design build challenge to build a way to get a ping pong ball across a two foot gap using a system of currency, with only 12 thousand dollars and 18 minutes. I was in a group with Marshall Alldredge and Caleb Woodson. Our idea was to build a bridge using two "stringers" of straws stuck into each other, propped up on one side by a cup. It worked really well on the first try, and was so cheap that we ended up decorating it with our leftover money.

Here are some pictures: