Students Introduce Solar-Powered Vending Machine For Homeless

The Sun-Herald reports that National Technical Honor Society students at Gulfport High School in Gulfport, Mississippi, are developing a solar-powered vending machine to dispense free hygiene items to homeless people. The robotics program students were given the challenge to build a device that combined STEAM research (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) with a community purpose. After learning there are 143 homeless students in the Gulfport School District, the robotics class came up with the idea to gear something specifically for the homeless population.