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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The 2011 FIRST World Championship is underway this week,at America’s Center in St. Louis,MO . You can watch it live at NASAs Alliance Robotics Program page today and tomorrow. Word’s gotten back that FTC Team #1369′s alliance scored 126 with a doubler in a match yesterday. Go Minotaur! [...] From USA Today:What if tiny “nano-bots”could autonomously travel though a person’s bloodstream to find and kill cancerous cells,eliminating the need for surgery? Or what if you could hop into a flying car for your morning commute? No science fiction here:“These are real,”say commercials for Planet Green‘s [...] [...] [ September 11,2010;] Just one more week! [...] From Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Academy blog:PITTSBURGH—A new four-year,$7 million educational initiative by Carnegie Mellon University will leverage students’ innate interest in robots and other forms of “hard fun” to increase U.S. enrollments in computer science and steer more young people into scientific and technological careers. The initiative,called Fostering Innovation through Robotics Exploration (FIRE),is [...] [...] Ken Johnson reports,on his FTC blog,on some ”behind the scenes”work for the new season:“We’ve now produced 2,500 Samantha WiFi modules and they are in transit to PITSCO/LEGO for inclusion in the new kits! As a reminder these are being provided free of charge thanks to the generous donation of time and money from John [...] [...] Check out the new 2010 FTC Season Kit of Parts options at the U.S. FIRST FTC website. Veteran teams have a couple of more cost-effective choices this year,including a $70 Software Renewal kit that includes the new Samantha wifi module,or a $200 Resource Kit that includes the software license renewals,as well as some [...] [...] We might be just unpacked from Atlanta,but we’re rarin’to go for the 2010 games! Fortunately,FTC’s just announced we’ve only got five months to wait:new game kick off is set for Sept. 11,2010! And the 2010-11 FIRST World Championship venue has formally been announced –next year’s event,and the two after that,will [...] [...] |    Visit Florida FTC on  | |||||
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