Worried that your kids are too weighted down by school backpacks?  A clever bit of engineering could soon lighten their loads, and even make running easier.

Worried that your kids are too weighted down by school backpacks? A clever bit of engineering could soon lighten their loads, and even make running easier.

Floating Backpack

The National Academy of Engineering has worked with the Washington, D.C. region's most listened-to radio station — the all-news format <a href="http://www.wtop.com/" target="_blank">WTOP Radio</a> — and the nation's only radio station specifically dedicated to covering news related to the federal government — <a href="http://www.federalnewsradio.com/" target="_blank">WFED 1500 AM</a> — To provide weekly features highlighting engineering innovations and stories that add technical context to issues in the news. Hear some of our stories in the links below.

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The National Academy of Engineering has worked with the Washington, D.C. region's most listened-to radio station — the all-news format WTOP Radio — and the nation's only radio station specifically dedicated to covering news related to the federal government — WFED 1500 AM — To provide weekly features highlighting engineering innovations and stories that add technical context to issues in the news. Hear some of our stories in the links below.

The National Academy of Engineering has worked with the Washington, D.C. region's most listened-to radio station — the all-news format <a href="http://www.wtop.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">WTOP Radio</a> — and the nation's only radio station specifically dedicated to covering news related to the federal government — <a href="http://www.federalnewsradio.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">WFED 1500 AM</a> — To provide weekly features highlighting engineering innovations and stories that add technical context to issues in the news. Hear some of our stories in the links below.

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