From PC Magazine:The special pairs robotics legend Dean Kamen—who also founded FIRST,an organization devoted to pushing kids to science,technology,engineering and math (STEM) fields of research—with Will.i.am,supposedly still Intel’s director of creative innovation and a robotics builder in his own right. The back-to-school special was filmed during the FIRST Championship 2011 so it [...] [...]
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36 days to go till the FTC season kick-off –Here’s something to enjoy while you’re waiting,and to build if you’re so inclined;check out Make Magazine and Lets Make Robots (added to our Resources!) [...] Thirty-nine days (39!) and counting till the new season kick-off on September 10th! Just to whet your appetite for all things robotic,check out this great story about the Japanese robot,HIRO,featured in TechCrunch today:When confronted with a new problem,HIRO tries to “remember” past actions and accesses stored information in order to [...] [...] We wanted to share this great viewing opportunity…Greetings Friends of FIRST®! I am pleased to announce the airing of a TV special scheduled for this coming weekend on CNN entitled ‘Education in America:Don’t Fail Me,’ hosted by Soledad O’Brien,which prominently features three FIRST ® Robotics Competition (FRC®) teams as they navigate [...] [...] Need more to do between seasons? Here’s yet another robot contest:The Make Magazine Volume 27 Robot Contest –From the Make website:________________________________ Does your bot have tons of character? Does it make you laugh uncontrollably or pat it on the back for being so clever? Then certainly your bot deserves the chance to [...] [...] OMG! A ROBOT Film Festival! And coincidentally kicked off the same week as registration opens for the new FTC season! It’s a sign. And it’ll give us all something to do while we’re waiting for the new game kick-off in September. At least for a little while –the film submissions deadline is June [...] [...] Team Duct Tape members finally found an open Saturday we could share with each other,for our end-of-season wrap up party. And we had a lot to celebrate! In this,our third season,we brought home six trophies from two qualifying competitions and the Florida State Championship:Finalist Alliance Award and Connect Award at Florida State Championship [...] [...] Dean Kamen with FIRST LEGO League students Dean Kamen writes,in the Huffington Post,“Two decades ago,I founded FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology),a program that encouraged students to pursue careers in science and technology through robotics competitions. At that time,not many people believed that we could [...] [...] |  Our coffers are drained from our World Championship run. Your contributions will help us cover 2012-13 costs for registration,new tools and equipment,and tournament costs. All donations made through Learning is for Everyone are tax deductible as permitted by law. Please type "Team Duct Tape" in the comment section of your Network for Good donation. Thank you!  Visit Florida FTC on  | |||||
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