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Joe Lambie 17-05-2005 20:40

Ibot Featured in Discovery Star Wars Special
 
Flipping through cable I came across the science of star wars on Discovery, and they are talking about Ibot, and interviewing an actual user. Excellent piece about the good of one of Dean's inventions. The guy was extremely adament about the value of his Ibot, saying it very likely has extended his life. Very cool piece.

dlavery 17-05-2005 20:54

Re: Ibot Featured in Discovery Star Wars Special
 
Dang! You beat me to it! I just saw the same thing. It was a very positive piece, focused on the iBot, with just a quick mention of Dean and the Segway.

-dave

Erin Rapacki 17-05-2005 21:33

Re: Ibot Featured in Discovery Star Wars Special
 
What's an iBOT? :D ;)

Greg Marra 17-05-2005 21:35

Re: Ibot Featured in Discovery Star Wars Special
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Erin Rapacki
What's an iBOT? :D ;)

Quote:

The INDEPENDENCE® iBOT™ 3000 Mobility System, a patented gyro-balanced personal mobility system that provides new levels of freedom and accessibility for people with disabilities, was approved by U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in August, 2003.
http://www.jnj.com/innovations/new_features/IBOT.htm

Daniel Brim 17-05-2005 21:37

Re: Ibot Featured in Discovery Star Wars Special
 
Greg, she's joking. She worked for DEKA (check her signature).

Good one Erin! :)

Erin Rapacki 17-05-2005 22:42

Re: Ibot Featured in Discovery Star Wars Special
 
YUP! I spent 6 months last year as an intern on the iBOT at DEKA. I miss riding it around Manchester on sunny April afternoons :cool:

opnickc 18-05-2005 16:39

Re: Ibot Featured in Discovery Star Wars Special
 
The monday episode was all about robots, but no mention of FIRST.

And from this footage of Dean Kamen, we know that the show's producers knew about FIRST, and simply chose to leave it out. Something about that is unsettleing to me.

Still, great little snipit about Dean Kamen and the iBot.

Nitroxextreme 18-05-2005 20:57

Re: Ibot Featured in Discovery Star Wars Special
 
this is alittle off the subject but i wound if we could find out what teams where in the background

that would be a cool thing to know

miketwalker 18-05-2005 21:29

Re: Ibot Featured in Discovery Star Wars Special
 
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Originally Posted by opnickc
And from this footage of Dean Kamen, we know that the show's producers knew about FIRST, and simply chose to leave it out. Something about that is unsettleing to me.

In all honesty, I think it's amazing how much publicity FIRST does get as it is. I mean, 99% of the time when you hear Dean Kamen's name, you quickly hear something about FIRST. I'm actually surprised we see it so incredibly much. I don't think it really upsets me that they left FIRST out... some producers just don't know enough about it to want to include it. Their main focus was on the technology of iBot, and just because Dean Kamen is behind the iBot, it may not have been the appropriate program for FIRST to be brought up in.

Point is, I think we should be quite thankful for how much publicity networks to tend to give us, and the way this footage was focused on the iBot technology, I can completly understand why FIRST wasn't mentioned. Just another perspective to throw out there.

jdiwnab 18-05-2005 21:48

Re: Ibot Featured in Discovery Star Wars Special
 
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Originally Posted by miketwalker
Point is, I think we should be quite thankful for how much publicity networks to tend to give us, and the way this footage was focused on the iBot technology, I can completly understand why FIRST wasn't mentioned. Just another perspective to throw out there.

I quite agree. FIRST gets plenty of publicity. Being on the Discovery Chanel would be cool and all, but they pack in so much into those programs that FIRST was crowded out. Dean might have mentioned something about FIRST, but it was probably edit out because of time. Not because the Discovery Channel doesn't like FIRST.

opnickc 19-05-2005 15:44

Re: Ibot Featured in Discovery Star Wars Special
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by miketwalker
In all honesty, I think it's amazing how much publicity FIRST does get as it is. I mean, 99% of the time when you hear Dean Kamen's name, you quickly hear something about FIRST. I'm actually surprised we see it so incredibly much. I don't think it really upsets me that they left FIRST out... some producers just don't know enough about it to want to include it. Their main focus was on the technology of iBot, and just because Dean Kamen is behind the iBot, it may not have been the appropriate program for FIRST to be brought up in.

Point is, I think we should be quite thankful for how much publicity networks to tend to give us, and the way this footage was focused on the iBot technology, I can completly understand why FIRST wasn't mentioned. Just another perspective to throw out there.

I understand what you're saying, FIRST doesn't fit in with the iBot.

However, the day before on that show it was all about robots, including robots that students worked on, but no mention of FIRST.

As far as media coverage, it's impressive from the standpoint of FIRSTers, but think about how many people in the US still don't know anything about it. Not that it's FIRST's fault in any way, in fact FIRST does an extremely good job of getting the word out with the resources they have. It's the fact that FIRST isn't covered more or in more depth on the news and in programs like this.

Tazlikesrobots 23-05-2005 12:26

Re: Ibot Featured in Discovery Star Wars Special
 
I saw that! It was cool to see the Ibot featured in the program.

Adam Y. 23-05-2005 14:04

Re: Ibot Featured in Discovery Star Wars Special
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by opnickc
The monday episode was all about robots, but no mention of FIRST.

And from this footage of Dean Kamen, we know that the show's producers knew about FIRST, and simply chose to leave it out. Something about that is unsettleing to me.

Still, great little snipit about Dean Kamen and the iBot.

Because the show was about technology similar to that found in star wars. I can't think of any resemblance to anything in First that's in star wars besides look it's a robot.


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