WE WON! The Details...
BE WARNED: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY GEEKINESS FOLLOWS!
This past weekend we were in Atlanta for the FIRST Robotics World Championship. The Eldest's high school team was part of the winning alliance---out of 340 teams from all over the US and several foreign countries. They got interviewed by CNN (boys in red shirts are two seniors from the team):
FOX News had a spot---start at second 18:
Great montage video that shows what this competition looks like---different areas and different age groups (FLL, FRC, FTC). Minute 2:35 shows Team 67 after a Division win on Friday:
To find out more about FIRST check out their website: Link
FIRST has three different divisions---FLL (2 age groups, 6-9, and 9-14), FTC and FRC (both for high school students). My kids were also involved in the FLL division in the past and it's fantastic.
FIRST was founded by Dean Kamen, the inventer of the Segway. Dean was at the event in Atlanta and is treated like a rock-star by the kids---he's mobbed for autographs!
Is there a team in your area? To check out who won what in Atlanta go here: Link
To fully understand what the FRC challenge entailed you can watch this animated explanation:
Here's a blogger that highlighted the final (that's our kids in red in photo at the 6:42 mark):Link
Here's a sleepy team picture when they got back into town (after 14 hour bus ride) on Sunday morning (The Eldest is dark-haired boy just left of white sign in middle):
Can you tell I'm excited? /geek
This past weekend we were in Atlanta for the FIRST Robotics World Championship. The Eldest's high school team was part of the winning alliance---out of 340 teams from all over the US and several foreign countries. They got interviewed by CNN (boys in red shirts are two seniors from the team):
Click to viewFOX News had a spot---start at second 18:
Great montage video that shows what this competition looks like---different areas and different age groups (FLL, FRC, FTC). Minute 2:35 shows Team 67 after a Division win on Friday:
To find out more about FIRST check out their website: Link
FIRST has three different divisions---FLL (2 age groups, 6-9, and 9-14), FTC and FRC (both for high school students). My kids were also involved in the FLL division in the past and it's fantastic.
FIRST was founded by Dean Kamen, the inventer of the Segway. Dean was at the event in Atlanta and is treated like a rock-star by the kids---he's mobbed for autographs!
Is there a team in your area? To check out who won what in Atlanta go here: Link
To fully understand what the FRC challenge entailed you can watch this animated explanation:
Here's a blogger that highlighted the final (that's our kids in red in photo at the 6:42 mark):Link
Here's a sleepy team picture when they got back into town (after 14 hour bus ride) on Sunday morning (The Eldest is dark-haired boy just left of white sign in middle):
Can you tell I'm excited? /geek