White House Science Fair - 2012

[AdamHeard]

I'm not the mentor going, but I do know that it was handled properly, starting early last week. I've got confirmation from our people there the robot is already in, set up, and good to go.

Originally Posted by OZ_341

If you are bringing a full size robot to the WH, I suggest you get your entry instructions directly from the WH staff and the guards on duty.
You will have a limited time window for entry and you need to make it through all of the security checks before your time window runs out. I am only telling you this, because I almost did not make it in time, because of the number inspections that our team trailer had to undergo prior to entry. Just barely made it. Whew!
Have fun!!

Supernerd, they requested TITAN, so that was what was brought.

[RoboMom]

Related topic:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...CvQ_story.html

[Ian Curtis]

I saw this picture and have to say that these kids build much nicer marshmallow launchers than students build in RPI's sophomore level design class. It's nice to know we've got some quality engineers in the pipeline.



(Presidents do seem to make the silliest faces around technology, don't they?)

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Ian Curtis

I saw this picture and have to say that these kids build much nicer marshmallow launchers than students build in RPI's sophomore level design class. It's nice to know we've got some quality engineers in the pipeline.



(Presidents do seem to make the silliest faces around technology, don't they?)

Man, I like this picture more than any FRC pic I've ever seen. Great work by all the mentors and students in attendance and to all who presented to the President. It is truly inspirational to see what these kids can do.

[Carol]

A MOE student was singled out for a robot that he had built at school. We are all very proud of him!


WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBS) — A 14-year-old Chester County, Pa. boy was recognized by President Obama today at the White House science fair.

President Obama says he’s very impressed with the high-tech work from young people like Benjamin Hylak of West Grove, Pa.

“Benjamin Hylak, where’s Benjamin? There’s Benjamin right here. He was worried that folks at his grandmother’s senior center were getting lonely, so he built a robot with a monitor and a video camera, so it’s like a moving Skype, and it moves around the center and it allows seniors to talk to their kids and grandkids even when they can’t visit in person.”

Hylak, a freshman at Salesianum High School in Wilmington, has already been awarded $10,000 for his invention, called a “telepresence robot.”


http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/201...r-county-teen/

[JohnSchneider]

Team 3310 wasnt there, however our school is also home to the World Champions of NASAs Rocket Competition, so we were pseudo-represented through them.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Ian Curtis

I saw this picture and have to say that these kids build much nicer marshmallow launchers than students build in RPI's sophomore level design class. It's nice to know we've got some quality engineers in the pipeline.



(Presidents do seem to make the silliest faces around technology, don't they?)

Wonder if there was a chandelier in that line of fire. Some of those faces look like - ut oh, chandelier!!! - faces.

Jane

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by waialua359

Its too bad the CMP CA team didnt get an invite though.
From what I hear, its all expense paid via FIRST.

Originally Posted by Mike Soukup

The White House invites are inconsistent. This is our 3rd time winning and the first time we got an invite. When we won CA in 2006 we didn't get invited, then the entire 365 team got to go when they won the next year. Not that I'm envious or anything

Both years we won the Championship there were press releases issued saying the FRC champions went when the Championship CA winner actually went. I would agree twith Mike saying FIRST is inconsistent as to how they portray this. Moe and Daisey (CA winners those years) are both worthy teams but I fielded a lot of questions when press releases went of people saying,"But didn't your team win? Why didn't you go to the White House?" because of the confusion.

Also we were informed after we won in 2010 that we would be recieving the White House invite that year at championship. FIRST never contacted our team about it after that.

I think it's good that teams get to go but FIRST should make the distinction between Competition winners and CA winners because they are 2 different things. One is objectively decided and one subjectively decided.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

I am betting the marshmallow stuck to the fancy crown molding. Don't want that falling on someone's plate during a state dinner.

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

I am betting the marshmallow stuck to the fancy crown molding. Don't want that falling on someone's plate during a state dinner.

I might be mistaken but I think I saw a girl (on tv) hand over the projectile after digging it out of her display.

[ebarker]

From the FIRST Press Release:

FIRST Robotics Competition Team 1311 “Kell Robotics” will show their "beyond FIRST " invention called ORCA (Oil Recovery and Capture) – a robotic oil skimmer for coastal estuaries. This project was funded by a Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam grant. Representing the team are: Carlie Schulter of Kennesaw, Ga. and Matthew Tompkins of Acworth, Ga.

Carlie Schulter, Executive Director, Kell Robotics pictured with Bill Nye, The Science Guy, and an ORCA model.




The exhibit.





With Subra Suresh, Director of the National Science Foundation

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Very cool, Ed.

[roystur44]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-pl...123526868.html


2 minutes in check out Team 973 Go Grey Bots!

[xitaqua]

For those that have been to Washington D.C, do you have any recommendation for a good affordable hotel to stay in the suburbs of D.C ?