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Got muffins?

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Marlborough - Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School (AVRTHS) Principal Mary Jo Nawrocki and cosmetology senior Erin McDonald of Marlborough look on as pre-engineering students Kevin Gebo of Berlin

house carpentry), Nick Everitt of Westborough (electrical wiring), and Rebecca Popek of Marlborough

drafting) show Robert Richardson, Intel's East Coast program manager, their automatic muffin maker. The students are enrolled in the engineering design and development class at AVRTHS and came up with the idea to create a digitally controlled toaster oven that could take batter from a hopper and bake muffins for breakfast, all on a timer.