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Tag: FIRST
You Get What You Celebrate: An Interview with Dean Kamen
Dean Kamen, who spoke at PlanetPTC Live this week, might be best known as the founder of FIRST Robotics, but he’s also a consummate inventor. He holds more than 440 U.S. and foreign patents and is responsible, among many other things, for the invention of the portable dialysis machine and the insulin pump. Kamen’s company DEKA Research & Development Corporation …
3 Questions for a FIRST Mentor
Last week, I caught up with Keith Gargiulo of PTC. Gargiulo is a mentor for FIRST Robotics team MARS WARS, based out of Metamora, Illinois. He’s a passionate advocate for the FIRST program, so I wanted to ask him why and how he got involved with mentoring. Here’s what he had to say: Can you describe your job as a …
Rookie Robotics Team Gears Up for FIRST Championships
MARS WARS—a student robotics team based in Metamora, Illinois, just can’t contain its excitement. The team’s been invited to participate in the FIRST Robotics championships in St. Louis in just a few weeks time. Metamora teachers and students decided they wanted to start a robotics team after attending last year’s FIRST regional playoffs. And with a lot of hard work …
Space Exploration: Designing a Future for Young Engineers
My 7-year-old son is always talking about what he wants to be when he grows up. “I want to build spaceships,” he tells me. So when I returned recently from a trip to the National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs with piles of space related swag and a suitcase full of booklets and brochures, he was overjoyed. “I’m taking these …
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If Only Snooki Had Learned to Use Power Tools
In today’s celebrity culture it’s easy to appreciate why the average teenager might believe their only options in life are MTV or the NBA. Introducing children to new experiences and perspectives can redefine how they perceive themselves and their role within society. FIRST Robotics Competition aims to break through cultural stereotypes and put the cool back into engineering and science. …
