Roots of First

[idahorobot]

Woodie Flowers is featured on the MIT web site today. There is a link that reviews a course given at MIT called 2.007 and its older version 2.70. It is basically the blueprint for FIRST.

I like the mid 1970's pictures of Woodie.

http://video.mit.edu/watch/2007-documentary-2625/

This the website link:
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/emeritus-flowers-wallace-robots-0507.html

[mschwab013]

This is great! I never thought I would see another program so similar to FIRST

[Starke]

There is already a thread on this article. Check it out!

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=106352

Matt

[Ken Streeter]

Woodie Flowers is featured on the MIT web site today. There is a link that reviews a course given at MIT called 2.007 and its older version 2.70.

My favorite video / movie about the 2.70 class / contest is the "Discover" special on the class from the Fall of 1984. This show can be seen on youtube: "The Harvest" - MIT's 2.70 Contest (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDnSFQ4YZLc).

PS: Some of you might recognize some of the students featured in the video as people now involved in FIRST...

[IKE]

Watching videos of the 1992 competition was a big part of what inspired me to go into engineering. It was great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sleWZlC-vLk&feature=related