There was a thread with a suggestion similar to this in 2009 with links to many articles. (Which I remember because I posted a link to Today's Machining World which had a nice article about FIRST and our team in it - silly title, but great article)
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=31314
http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/...July_Issue.pdf