[Michael Hill]

I think as a community, we are too eager to shun this type of television. Yes, it's meant for entertainment, but if there is any desire for kids to WANT to learn how to build robots/be in engineering/etc., this is going to be the way to do it. Dean Kamen says he'd like robotics to be on the level of other sports. However, when you watch other sports on TV, you only very rarely hear about the technical aspects of what it took to get the athlete to that level. They don't highlight the methods of training. This is very similar. The first step in getting people interested is to first entertain them, and a lot of people don't see that. You can't rush right in with the technical details. It's extremely off-putting. You've got to ease people in and let them make the realization that "hey, this [robotics stuff] is cool. How do I get to do this?" Don't be too quick to dismiss entertainment value.