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FIRST Robotics in Memphis needs Volunteers
FIRST is a K12 robotics program founded by Dean Kamen (of Segway fame) that is designed to get kids interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM for short). In Memphis, there are a number of First Lego League Teams … Continue reading
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Local Team Places in MS BEST Robot Compeition
From Evangelical Christian School Website SWAT Places in BEST Competition! Posted: October 23, 2013 Mississippi Boosting Engineering Science and Technology (BEST) is designed to inspire and interest students in engineering, science, and technology through participation in an exciting sports-like technology … Continue reading
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Desoto 4-H robotics team Bound for Indiana Contest
From Commercial Appeal by Henry Bailey Jr Aug 21, 2013 [Stan Carroll / The Commercial Appeal] The DeSoto 4-H Robotineers robotics club’s high school-age team-champs in Mississippi competition in May – are getting the gears meshing to secure financial help … Continue reading
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Memphis FLL Event a Huge Success
Yesterday, 26 teams from around the region gathered at the University of Memphis for the Western TN First Lego League Pilot Championship. This years theme was Senior Solutions and the students had to build a robot that ran missions based … Continue reading
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A lot going on with robotics in Memphis
This is going to be a very busy year for robotics in Memphis: First Lego League (for students ages 9-14) just announced their competition for the year. This year’s theme is “Senior Solutions“. I know their are many teams forming … Continue reading
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Local Roboticist on TV
Today Davis Fortenberry (who I told you about in March [See Post]) was on Nickelodeon’s “Figure It Out” trying to stump the panel and also demonstrating his robot. Not only did a 10 year old beat college students in a … Continue reading
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1st FTC Team in Memphis Announced
The Memphis area now has a registered First Tech Challenge team! FTC Team 5952 “Reapers Robotics” is associated with Boy Scout Troop 45 up in Arlington. For more info, see their website at https://sites.google.com/site/reapersrobotics5952/. So now Memphis has teams in … Continue reading
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Bring Me the Head of Philip K. Dick
Bring Me the Head of Philip K. Dick How a creative team of scientists and academics from Memphis created – and lost – an android superstar. In this week’s Memphis Flyer there is an article about the android head build … Continue reading
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K-12 Website
Looking for STEM Education ideas, see http://k12lab.com/ This is a website to find and share STEM education ideas. It is sponsored by NI (the makers of LabVIEW and the NXT Software) so it has a lot of stuff on Robotics! … Continue reading