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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FTCs new season kicks off in September,but Team Duct Tape’s season seems to begin earlier each year! Team members met yesterday for the first of some Getting to Know Robot C programming meetings,to give students interested in better understanding programming some hands on opportunities. We also got the chance to meet a potential new [...] [...] 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 [...] [...] FLL team Brick Buddies,which is heading to the FL FLL State Championship this weekend,just created this great FLL Rules video! Look closely and you’ll catch some glimpses of FLL Team TechnoForce,too. Great job,Brick Buddies! And good luck at the State Championship,from Team Duct Tape! [...] Team Duct Tape members headed over to the Hillsborough High School Regional FIRST LEGO League Tournament Saturday morning,to cheer on FLL Teams Brick Buddies and TechnoForce , whom we’ve worked with and mentored. It was fun seeing all that raw FLL energy,and we had to head back to TDT HQ all too soon for [...] [...] California’s FTC team Techno Guards put together this one minute video giving a general conceptual “commercial-like”view of FIRST,and FIRST’s role in STEM. Says Techno Guards,“We are interested in presenting all of FIRST (not just the FTC part that we’re now involved in) at the STEMposium that is going to be held in San [...] [...] Brick Buddies giving their public project presentation TechnoForce members sharing their research project Team Duct Tape is delighted to report that both of the FLL teams we’ve helped mentor - Brick Buddies and TechnoForce –did great at their first competitions,held the same weekend as Middleton Madness,and are both proceeding to the Regionals in February. [...] [...] Big Kid Playpen! Team Duct Tape had a great time at LIFE Fest 2010,playing with robots with Exploding Bacon members and FLL Coach Eric Grajales,of Exploding Bacon,helps Visitors BRICKschoolers members. Our FIRST area was bustling the whole day! It was fun to give Cubie one more run (we’ve given it about three more runs [...] [...] |    Visit Florida FTC on  | |||||
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