"i.am.FIRST -- Science is Rock and Roll" airs August 14th

[Molten]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

How many people here still refer to "Nationals"?

The organization's name is the United States Foundation for the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. Lots of people who were part of it early on still call it US FIRST.

I really had no idea Justin Bieber had been a part of first that long. He just looks so young. Seriously though, I don't see it as a big deal though I understand that that is partly due to me being in the US. It does hint that his lines might have been written by someone who has been a part of FIRST for a while. This could be both a good and bad thing. It takes away the sincerity of the whole thing but at least we are certain that the message is from someone who has been here long enough to know what FIRST is all about. Perhaps I'm reading too much into the slip of the word.

Jason

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Molten

I really had no idea Justin Bieber had been a part of first that long. He just looks so young. Seriously though, I don't see it as a big deal though I understand that that is partly due to me being in the US. It does hint that his lines might have been written by someone who has been a part of FIRST for a while. This could be both a good and bad thing. It takes away the sincerity of the whole thing but at least we are certain that the message is from someone who has been here long enough to know what FIRST is all about. Perhaps I'm reading too much into the slip of the word.

Jason

Will.I.Am has been saying 'US FIRST' since he got involved.

I haven't been able to figure out why.

[kramarczyk]

Originally Posted by thefro526

Will.I.Am has been saying 'US FIRST' since he got involved.

I haven't been able to figure out why.

Probably from every time he hands out the URL, www.usfirst.org.

[rsisk]

The people in this video are the means of getting our message out to an audience we have not been able to reach before. They are speaking in their terms to their audiences to bring them into our world. This is a great opportunity for us to inspire a lot of people who are being introduced into the world of FIRST for the first time. Get ready for a lot of work with all these new people coming on board, we will have a lot of educating to do, but this is our chance to change their culture, to show them a whole new world they never knew existed. So lets be prepared to welcome and inspire.

There was a discussion on one of the video posts on FB, and here is one of my responses from that conversation, I think it is relevant here as well...

They are just the conduit for our message, not the message itself. The type of audience they will reach are exactly the type of person we want to bring in and inspire. It's easy to reach the geeks and inspire them, its a lot harder to reach the cheerleader and get her involved with robotics but the Inspiration Delta (ID) is much greater.

[Bjenks548]

Just another promotion for the special, E-news had Will.I.Am on. He was interviewed about the special by Ryan Seacrest with his two promo-robots. It showed students being interviewed with the pits in the backround, so that tells me it won't just be the concert.

[Joe Ross]

I'm not sure that what Steven Tyler was describing is science...

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

I'm not sure that what Steven Tyler was describing is science...

I'm sure it involved expanding minds, at least.

[Jetweb]

http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/201...in/?hpt=pm_mid

This is part of an interview of Dean and Will.i.am that was on CNN tonight, they talked for almost 20 min. about FIRST and the show. They also played some neat clips from the championship so hopefully the special will have some cool robot footage.