Just to give you some brief background on this news
The team coordinator of team 121 (Liana Ferreira Fenton), also my Mom
, has long campaigned to connect math, science, and technology initiatives into the high school curriculum. She has attended countless meetings in order to get this rolling.
Last season we were trying to get Don Carcieri (the governor or RI) to come up to the Boston Regional. However he couldn't make it, so he sent his economic policy advisor Saul Kaplan instead. He absolutely flipped over program, and loved it ever since. One thing led to another, and this initiative became a reality.
This program was formally announced at the innovation business conference (
http://www.businessinnovationfactory.com/) in Providence RI, by Dean Kamen.
There is much more to this, but it is the general summary of it.
Here is another story about it:
http://www.businessinnovationfactory...1&Item id=307