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A grandfather and his granddaughter, 14-year-olds from the Vardi Center and students will compete in the “Technosh” Competition

01.01.1900

The world’s largest yo-yo competition: A yo-yo to be released from a 30 m high crane

A grandfather and his granddaughter, a group of 14-year-olds from the Vardi Center and Technion students will compete against each other in the world’s largest yo-yo competition – the release of a yo-yo from a height of 30 meters, as part of the annual “Technorosh” competition to be held during the Technion’s Board of Governors meeting. The yo-yo will have to run back up a 20 meter long rope, to its maximum height and then drop down again and run up a number of times to a minimum of over 5 meters. Shlomi Ben Shabat, the competition manager, said that a team of judges will measure the maximum height the yo-yo reaches on its first ascent after release from the crane and the number of times it loops up and down.

The crane will have a compartment in which the yo-yo will be placed. The compartment’s floor will open and the yo-yo will be released downward. Competitors are not allowed to use an external energy source and the dynamic rope will be supplied to them by the competition organizers. Winners will receive 10,000 ₪, 5,000 ₪, and 3,000 ₪ (1st, 2nd and 3rd places, respectively).

The “Technorosh” competition is held at the Technion in memory of Neev-Ya Durban, who first envisioned and then established the competition. Neev-Ya was a student and outstanding Technion graduate. Neev-Ya was an officer in the IDF when he was murdered during a mugging on a quiet street in Tel Aviv in March 2003. The competition and the prizes are funded by Dr. Robert Shillman (who everyone knows as “Dr. Bob”), who did his graduate work at the Technion.

The competition will be held on Wednesday, June 15th, 2011, starting at 12.00, on the Technion campus’ central square.

Photographers and journalists welcome.