Monthly Archives: September 2010

BEST Announces 2010 Contest

Posted on September 28, 2010 by dkohn96

Boosting Engineering Science and Technology (B.E.S.T.) announced the contest for 2010 just recently. This years contest is called “Total Recall”. See full RULES or goto the 2010 Competition website for more details. See Hub Map to find a contest near … Continue reading →

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Raytheon XOS 2 exoskeleton

Posted on September 28, 2010 by dkohn96
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Festo Turns Elephant’s Trunk into Awesome Robot Arm

Posted on September 28, 2010 by dkohn96

From: Festo, Deutscher-Zukunftspreis Smart engineers copy ideas. Great engineers copy from nature. Festo’s Bionic Handling Assistant is a robot arm modeled on an elephant’s trunk, and it has all the supple flexibility of the original. Using hollow plastic chambers that … Continue reading →

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Google’s Project 10 to the 100 Winners – USFirst Wins!

Posted on September 27, 2010 by dkohn96

From: HULIQ Submitted by Anissa Ford on 2010-09-25 Nearly 12 months ago, Google asked people and institutions around the world to submit ideas that could change the world. Google’s mission was to help make those ideas reality with financial support. … Continue reading →

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Extra Credit: Houston High Robotics

Posted on September 27, 2010 by dkohn96

By Kym Clark from: WMC_TV MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) – Houston High school started the new school year with a brand new Scientific Research & Robotics course that has captured the imagination of students. The school calls it high tech tinkering, … Continue reading →

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Come and Build It With the Mid-South Makers

Posted on September 22, 2010 by dkohn96

From: I Love Memphis Blog Sep 21, 2010 By Kerry Crawford It’s Friday night, and the Christian Brothers University campus is dark, save for one room on the second floor of the engineering building. The classroom is completely packed with … Continue reading →

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SoutheastCon 2011 Robot Compeition Rules

Posted on September 16, 2010 by dkohn96

The rules for this years IEEE SoutheastCon Robot (Hardware) Competition have been posted. See: LINK. Both the University of Memphis and Christian Brothers University usually compete in this totally autonomous robot competition each year. This year the contest is to … Continue reading →

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USFirst News

Posted on September 12, 2010 by dkohn96

It has not been officially announced yet, but I have it on good authority that UT Knoxville will be holding a USFirst Regional this coming year. The first “Smokey Mountain Regional” USFirst competition is tentatively set for March 30-April 2, … Continue reading →

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Red Rover – Google Lunar X Prize

Posted on September 12, 2010 by dkohn96

If you don’t know, Google has a contest call the Lunar X Prize which “is a $30 million competition for the first privately funded team to send a robot to the moon, travel 500 meters and transmit video, images and … Continue reading →

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Results Of The MoonBots Challenge Announced

Posted on September 2, 2010 by dkohn96

From: Wired Magazine Results Of The MoonBots Challenge Announced — Houston, We Have A Winner! After months of competing, the first MoonBots Challenge has come to a close with Team Landroids, a group from Livingston, New Jersey taking first place. … Continue reading →

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