Thank you for your interest in our research, and our research labs.
The best point-of-entry is for you to do one of the Instructables (Professor Steve Mann), at http://www.instructables.com/member/SteveMann/instructables/ and then click "I made it!", and upload some pictures, and then email us your Instructables login name and a link to your response.
Once you do that, we'll review your results and get back to you.
See for example:
And by doing it, you'll experience the general culture and philosophy of our lab, and get a sense of how you might fit in here....