Forum: General Forum
24-11-2016, 13:55
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Replies: 14
Views: 948
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Forum: Technical Discussion
04-11-2016, 11:49
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Replies: 6
Views: 765
Re: Need Help Teaching New Members
1. How many people on the team have any experience to be able to assist you with teaching the new members?
2. My team has taken small groups of 4 people and had an experienced member teach them...
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Forum: General Forum
30-10-2016, 00:35
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,147
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Forum: General Forum
23-10-2016, 11:22
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,609
Re: Looking for new team
Please volunteer with a rookie team. Here are a few reasons why:
1. They (typically) do not know what is going on with the deadlines, ordering, etc. The teachers/mentors will be grateful to have...
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Forum: General Forum
09-09-2016, 11:52
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Replies: 350
Views: 23,767
Re: [FIRST EMAIL] Stop Build Day Survey
1. If you're primary teaching tool is at that time, then you're not utilizing the rest of your year well.
2. If you need to "win" because of sponsor donations, you need to reset in the sponsor's...
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Forum: General Forum
09-09-2016, 11:50
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Replies: 350
Views: 23,767
Re: [FIRST EMAIL] Stop Build Day Survey
I can see the argument going both ways.
No: The districts can be seen as allowing for the iterative process because you test your robot, then make changes. All engineering requires an iterative...
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Forum: General Forum
09-09-2016, 00:47
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Replies: 350
Views: 23,767
Re: [FIRST EMAIL] Stop Build Day Survey
I wrote something very similar to this in my survey.
The question FRC needs to ask itself is: Does it want to emphasize the engineering, including the trade-offs that are required (everything has a...
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Forum: General Forum
28-08-2016, 20:03
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Replies: 122
Views: 11,313
Re: Pockets on Women's Pants
I have never been fashion conscious and have recently run into significant issues as a result of this issue. Due to being heat sensitive, I had to trade my jeans at work for light-weight slacks that...
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Forum: General Forum
28-08-2016, 19:52
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Replies: 3
Views: 965
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Forum: General Forum
26-08-2016, 16:53
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,606
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Forum: Chit-Chat
21-08-2016, 14:31
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Replies: 4
Views: 242
Re: RCA Cables and Closed Captions?
It sounds like the cable box is not sending the captions to the tv, but rather that the tv was the device that was doing the actual captioning. I think I'm out of luck unless I decide to spend more...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
21-08-2016, 14:03
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Replies: 4
Views: 242
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Forum: Chit-Chat
21-08-2016, 13:38
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Replies: 4
Views: 242
RCA Cables and Closed Captions?
Does anyone know if RCA cables can transmit closed captions? I have an SD cable box (not HD) that is now connected via RCA cables instead of the coax cable; and, I'm not able to figure out how to...
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Forum: General Forum
29-06-2016, 11:32
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,287
Re: Boeing Sponsorship and Grants ?
If you don't have a Boeing employee (or retiree) that mentors your team, contact your area FIRST representative. They may know of other Boeing Funds that get used for teams.
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Forum: Pneumatics
23-06-2016, 19:21
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Replies: 9
Views: 743
Re: Problem: Pneumatics Not Firing
How big are your cylinders? How big are your air tanks, and how many do you have? What is the load on your cylinder when you try to fire it?
My team learned the hard way this season that a 2"...
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Forum: General Forum
10-06-2016, 10:32
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Replies: 1
Views: 721
Thomas Perkins of KPCB has Passed Away
I just saw in the NY Times obit section that Thomas Perkins of Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers has passed away. Often, we say the names of people in relation to an award without giving much...
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Forum: Robotics Education and Curriculum
25-05-2016, 01:12
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,065
Re: Hispanics in FIRST and Engineering
You might want to contact the local chapter of SHPE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers). They may be able to offer you some insight into how to recruit, as well as how many engineers are...
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Forum: General Forum
23-05-2016, 18:48
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,400
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Forum: General Forum
23-05-2016, 11:01
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Replies: 55
Views: 5,226
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Forum: General Forum
21-05-2016, 11:55
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Replies: 0
Views: 756
FIRST Graduates and College
Every year, we see threads about what schools people have chosen to attend.
I'm curious to know how many of the people that have graduated from high school while part of a FIRST team had their minds...
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Forum: General Forum
03-05-2016, 09:01
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Replies: 43
Views: 5,072
Re: Hardest personal lesson learned?
I see this as quite the opposite. When the student surpasses the mentor who has put in so much time and effort, it means the mentor has achieved the goals of this program. I hope in time you can...
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Forum: Robotics Education and Curriculum
01-05-2016, 13:33
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Replies: 7
Views: 945
Re: Training Season
I started looking in the White Pages and found the following:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2936
You can get to the White Pages on the left side of the portal all the way at the bottom of...
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Forum: General Forum
30-04-2016, 23:07
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Replies: 19
Views: 4,636
Re: California Drive
How did you drill the holes? A drill press does not have the same ability to drill straight like a mill. I would suggest drilling the first wall, then use a transfer punch to get the second wall in...
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Forum: Championship Event
30-04-2016, 18:20
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Replies: 110
Views: 26,154
Re: 2016 Einstein
Do you know if they design into their machine how to right themselves if tipped?
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Forum: Championship Event
30-04-2016, 16:03
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Replies: 110
Views: 26,154
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