Check out the work at https://collaboratory.airforce.com U.S. students currently rank 25th globally in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). To inspire more students to pursue science & technology careers, the United States Air Force teamed up with agency GSD&M to create the Air Force Collaboratory, an online educational platform that pairs students with Air Force experts to tackle three unclassified military projects. This collaborative effort will prototype technology to find and rescue people trapped in collapsed structures, determine where the newest GPS satellite will be placed and program the next generation of unmanned aerial vehicles. GSD&M partnered with interactive design consultancy, Welikesmall, to capture imagery and video content for the site from three Air Force bases, where artists crawled through debris, cameras in hand, in a simulated earthquake environment, rigged unmanned quadrotors with GoPro cameras to shoot in an Air Force lab and filmed at Air Force Space Command—one of the most restricted high-security areas in the country. GSD&M and Welikesmall used video and visual storytelling to explain the selected projects in a way that is both educational and engaging. Welikesmall created a beautiful and flexible social network, to enable the Air Force to constantly update the site with new content, projects and notifications. Profile pages include a real-time leaderboard that tells users how their idea ranks among those of their peers and a vote up/vote down system that allows the community to give collaborators direct feedback.