Ben Lichtner, Valedictorian

sfX intern Ben Lichtner, half of the dynamic Bens duo with Ben Goldsmith, earned valedictory honors for the class of 2008 at Santa Fe Prep. The two Bens worked on the sandtable project, developing software to sense the terrain in the sandtable and display topological relief shading on it. They also worked on the fire model, which allows the user to set fire on the terrain and control its intensity with a wind vector and strength. Read more

Ben Goldsmith: Intern Extraordinaire

Ben Goldsmith, half of the dynamic Bens duo with Ben Lichtner, was profiled in a Santa Fe New Mexican article on May 24, 2008. From video games to computer simulations, the then 16-year-old math whiz talks about his move to accepting his self-described nerdness and his coming trip to Stanford, two years ahead of schedule for most kids. Read more about Ben here.