1 00:00:00,966 --> 00:00:04,347 [MUSIC PLAYING] 2 00:00:06,239 --> 00:00:08,530 NARRATOR: Girls Who Build is an outreach effort focused 3 00:00:08,530 --> 00:00:10,960 on getting high school girls excited about science 4 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:12,570 and engineering. 5 00:00:12,570 --> 00:00:14,720 We hold hands on workshops where girls 6 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,890 learn from industry experts and experiment with technologies, 7 00:00:17,890 --> 00:00:21,070 like wearable electronics and robotics. 8 00:00:21,070 --> 00:00:23,170 For our latest workshop, 40 girls 9 00:00:23,170 --> 00:00:26,200 came to the MIT Lincoln Laboratory Beaver Work Center 10 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,260 to learn all about cameras. 11 00:00:29,260 --> 00:00:32,729 We wanted to show the girls how optics, sensors, and image 12 00:00:32,729 --> 00:00:34,930 processing combine to make apps they use 13 00:00:34,930 --> 00:00:37,220 everyday, like Instagram, work. 14 00:00:37,220 --> 00:00:40,320 GIRL: I got to see how filters work and how they're made 15 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:42,240 and how I can make them too. 16 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:44,830 NARRATOR: The girl tore apart old digital and film cameras 17 00:00:44,830 --> 00:00:46,290 to see how they're made. 18 00:00:46,290 --> 00:00:47,850 Then they built their own cameras 19 00:00:47,850 --> 00:00:51,240 using a Raspberry Pi computer and camera module. 20 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:55,120 GIRL 2: It was just cool how we had to make the camera 21 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:56,870 and put the different parts together. 22 00:00:56,870 --> 00:00:58,520 It was made everything a lot more clear 23 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:00,616 about how normal cameras work. 24 00:01:00,616 --> 00:01:02,240 NARRATOR: The girls heard from speakers 25 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,110 who talked about how cameras are used in fields as diverse 26 00:01:05,110 --> 00:01:08,540 as searching for exoplanets, underwater salvage, 27 00:01:08,540 --> 00:01:11,342 improving cancer treatment, and 3D tomography. 28 00:01:11,342 --> 00:01:12,800 GIRL 3: My favorite part of the day 29 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:14,174 was listening to all the key note 30 00:01:14,174 --> 00:01:16,540 speakers because they were all so passionate about what 31 00:01:16,540 --> 00:01:17,610 their field was. 32 00:01:17,610 --> 00:01:21,570 But it all connected to one core idea of the camera technology. 33 00:01:21,570 --> 00:01:22,330 GIRL 4: Whoa. 34 00:01:22,330 --> 00:01:24,829 GIRL 5: I mean, you can move all the way around here though. 35 00:01:24,829 --> 00:01:26,092 GIRL 4: That's so cool. 36 00:01:26,092 --> 00:01:27,550 KRISTEN RAILEY: I started Girls Who 37 00:01:27,550 --> 00:01:30,600 Build because I am a female engineer who didn't grow up 38 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:32,420 fixing cars with my dad. 39 00:01:32,420 --> 00:01:35,930 I had no previous exposure to power tools, circuits, 40 00:01:35,930 --> 00:01:37,720 or programming before college. 41 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,460 It's my vision that when girls enter college, 42 00:01:40,460 --> 00:01:42,200 they have the same hands on engineering 43 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,080 background as their peers. 44 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,490 I want them to realize they can use power tools, code, 45 00:01:47,490 --> 00:01:49,010 and solder too. 46 00:01:49,010 --> 00:01:52,470 The issue isn't an inability or intelligence, but just 47 00:01:52,470 --> 00:01:54,600 a lack of exposure to these things. 48 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,420 I would like girls to discover the amazing power 49 00:01:57,420 --> 00:02:00,380 of engineering, even before they apply to college. 50 00:02:00,380 --> 00:02:02,645 GIRL: I was definitely thinking about computer science 51 00:02:02,645 --> 00:02:05,770 as a profession so I thought this was a super cool way 52 00:02:05,770 --> 00:02:08,800 to get more experience out of that before I went off 53 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:10,430 to college.