STEM course engineers fun with pinball project – News | Eckerd Collegehttps://www.eckerd.edu/news/blog/stem-course-engineers-pinball/They’re building functional pinball machines. With spring-loaded launchers; working flippers; and lighted, strategically placed bumpers. The students work in teams to make three machines. When the semester ends, each $1,500 machine will be disassembled and many of the parts reused.