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Re: Fun Wild Idea: Corporate Sponsors Build & Compete!
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Originally Posted by Citrus Dad
We were throwing around an idea about how companies might get more engaged in FRC. We thought that FIRST could by inviting a half dozen sponsoring companies such as Boeing, Lockheed, Northrup, GM, Ford and Chrysler to each meet the game challenge, build a robot in 6 weeks and then compete in a special match on Einstein. It might generate a buzz about the competition and more actively engage the companies in for inspiration and recognition of science and technology (FIRST).
We didn't get into the specifics of logistics etc other than there should be a budget limit, e.g., $10k each. We're more interested in first impressions about the idea before going off into the particulars about how it would work.
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With a few edits, this idea is remarkably similar to one that a guy in Manchester NH had circa 1989. Through creativity and persistence, he was able to get it off the ground in 1992, and after that the thing just exploded.
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Richard Wallace
Mentor since 2011 for FRC 3620 Average Joes (St. Joseph, Michigan)
Mentor 2002-10 for FRC 931 Perpetual Chaos (St. Louis, Missouri)
 since 2003
I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.
(Cosmic Religion : With Other Opinions and Aphorisms (1931) by Albert Einstein, p. 97)
Last edited by Richard Wallace : 11-12-2014 at 16:40.
Reason: bold added
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