FIRST things FIRST

[Basel A]

Originally Posted by kgzak

Unless you look at all the special effects and lights. You could say that they were celebrating Science and Technology with all the Science and Technology in the show. I personally think he did the best he could do to display FIRST and I thank him for that.

There's a difference between celebrating things that are "cool" (video games, music, light shows, surgery by robots, rovers on mars), and celebrating what makes them work. FIRST is all about getting us kids into developing cool stuff, things that save lives and make people go "Wow!" I think we can pretty conclusively say that showing off that which is cool, like the SB Halftime Show, isn't the best way to inspire people to make more cool things. FIRST offers a more personal approach, and I hope will.i.am is truly interested in making that happen on a larger scale, and more sustainably. Mainstream support is a good way to do both of those things, and I think attracting popular artists and figures like will.i.am attracts that support we crave. will.i.am did a nice job of bringing a little bit of FIRST into the Super Bowl, and I thank him for that.

Someone mentioned an ad for FIRST in the Super Bowl, and while FIRST doesn't exactly have money just lying around, I think that would be pretty epically cool. Guys?

I also like how there's 3 different threads on this topic.. heheh