I can’t help but suspect that Texas A&M is somehow involved in this story. Are there Israeli Aggie jokes?

Student engineers sent their gadgets whirring, spinning and buzzing across a pool of water Wednesday in a competition to re-enact the biblical Jewish crossing of the Red Sea and pour a ceremonial glass of wine — all without anyone touching anything.

The Technion, Israel’s leading technical university, hosted the tongue-in-cheek competition with real prizes, a way of tickling the imaginations of budding engineers while providing a laugh or two along the way.

The special contraptions had to cross a three-meter (10-foot) distance with pool of water representing the Red Sea in the middle, pour wine into a glass and place it on the far side.

No one thought it looked easy, but some were confident of winning first prize — a check for $4,400.

I…I don’t even know what to say.

[Hat-tip: Lauren the Beleaguered Auditor]