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
