[FRC BLOG] Bride of 2017 Updates

[mwmac]

Originally Posted by Ty Tremblay

Maybe its one Einstein division and the winners of North and South will be invited to duke it out on Dean Kamen's helipad?

or at a venue somewhat further south?...

[Ryan Dognaux]

Originally Posted by Taylor

It's also a shining example of why I no longer suggest my students do research on chiefdelphi.

That's kind of sad. There's gold in 'dem photo galleries. If you can find what you're looking for using the search tool that is... it can be pretty hit or miss.

[Siri]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

There is no Law of Evolution because such a relationship has not been distilled from the Theory of Evolution, nor has any law of evolution been concocted in a way that is divergent from or tangential to the existing theory. This does not change the fact that the Theory of Evolution is one that had falsifiable hypotheses carried out through controlled experiments.

We can do this with Mendel, too, since someone mentioned it. Mendel's laws work via the Boveri–Sutton chromosome theory. We should ensure we don't explain Boveri-Sutton as 'less than' a law to students; it's called a theory not because it lacks scientific evidence but because it provides a different type of content. Chromosome theory, germ theory, the theory of relativity, evolutionary theory, etc. would never become laws with more evidence because they're descriptions of mechanisms, not descriptions of behaviors.

This is kind of fun. Anyone have some for other subdivision names? They don't have to actually be invented by the namesake, just related to them. I'm sure others will find more elegant ways to sort the scientists, but to start:

1. Turing, representing logic - contradition(L), identity(L), excluded middle(L)
2. Archimedes, representing mathematics -
3. Newton, representing classical physics - interia(L), F=ma(L), action and reaction(L)
4. Einstein, representing modern physics - special and general relativity(T)
5. Telsa, representing electromagnetism -
6. Galileo, representing astronomy - elliptical orbits(L), equal areas(L), orbital periods(L)
7. Curie, representing chemistry - equlibrium(L), reversibility(L)
8. Darwin, representing biology - independent assortment(L), segretation(L), dominance(L), cell(T), evolution(T)
9. Daly, representing medicine - germ(T)
10. Carson, representing ecology -
11. Hopper, representing computer science -
12. Roebling, representing engineering -
13. Carver, representing invention -

...So clearly I am not a Renaissance woman. It seems like a neat learning opportunity with more iteration though. Interdivision quiz bowl!

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by Carolyn_Grace

As an English teacher, I'm offended that no science fiction authors were chosen as names for fields. Asimov pretty much predicted the field of robotics.

/snark

As much a fan of SF (and Asimov in particular) that I am (I started with his non-fiction in middle school (OBTW he taught me to use a slide rule), wore mutton chops through most of the '80's following his lead, and have read the full robots-empire-foundation series about a dozen times), if you really want to honor a ground-breaker in the field of robotics, you can't do much better than Heron of Alexandria. Though he is best known today for his formula for the area of a triangle given the length of the three sides, he invented robotics more than a millennium before the term was coined. He built devices powered by falling weights and cords. In the first century, he programmed a ten-minute long autonomous play using strings and knots and pulleys. He also invented a steam engine, the vending machine, and (particularly noteworthy to this acoustician) the principle of the shortest path.

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

As much a fan of SF (and Asimov in particular) that I am (I started with his non-fiction in middle school (OBTW he taught me to use a slide rule), wore mutton chops through most of the '80's following his lead, and have read the full robots-empire-foundation series about a dozen times), if you really want to honor a ground-breaker in the field of robotics, you can't do much better than Heron of Alexandria. Though he is best known today for his formula for the area of a triangle given the length of the three sides, he invented robotics more than a millennium before the term was coined. He built devices powered by falling weights and cords. In the first century, he programmed a ten-minute long autonomous play using strings and knots and pulleys. He also invented a steam engine, the vending machine, and (particularly noteworthy to this acoustician) the principle of the shortest path.

Your facts pale in comparison to the sheer awesomeness of Robert Heinlein. That is all.

[EricH]

I can see Asimov, Heinlein, and all those guys...

But I'll raise you Jules Verne. Read what he wrote, then look at current technology and how close it is to what he wrote about. Composites (pressed paper with some form of filler), heavier-than-air flying machines (gyrocoptor class), electric submarines, and who'da thunk that Florida was a good place to try to get to the Moon?

[marshall]

Originally Posted by EricH

I can see Asimov, Heinlein, and all those guys...

But I'll raise you Jules Verne. Read what he wrote, then look at current technology and how close it is to what he wrote about. Composites (pressed paper with some form of filler), heavier-than-air flying machines (gyrocoptor class), electric submarines, and who'da thunk that Florida was a good place to try to get to the Moon?

Arthur C Clarke. 'Nuff said.

[Carolyn_Grace]

Originally Posted by marshall

Arthur C Clarke. 'Nuff said.

Philip K. Dick.

One of his books is even a television show now! And Blade Runner is one of the greatest movies of all time.

Someone needs to name their rookie team Electric Sheep.

[marshall]

Originally Posted by Carolyn_Grace

Philip K. Dick.

One of his books is even a television show now! And Blade Runner is one of the greatest movies of all time.

Someone needs to name their rookie team Electric Sheep.

Puhlease.... Clarke has laws:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws

All three of which apply to CD... especially the first one.

and

Wrote 2001: A Space Odyssey, which is FAR superior to Blade Runner.

And he was a knight!

Boom.

(I like PKD too but Clarke and Asimov are two obvious choices if we are to name fields after SF writers).

[Taylor]

Sir Terry Pratchett.
Who wouldn't love to see a circular FRC field, on the backs of four elephants, all riding on a gigantic turtle?
And the Librarian would make an incredible Game Announcer.

[Monochron]

Originally Posted by EricH

I happen to not believe in Mr. Darwin's theory (please note that it is still a THEORY, not a law, last time I checked)

I would have thought you would have know this... It can't ever be a law.

[Hitchhiker 42]

For scientists, I would have loved to see Mendeleev as a division name. I think it'd be really cool as he did a lot to help modern chemistry evolve (especially his Table of the Elements).

[Katie_UPS]

Originally Posted by Carolyn_Grace

Someone needs to name their rookie team Electric Sheep.

Because of the silly "What's the best 254 team" thread I recently found there is an Electric Sheep! 2546

TBA also says 2505 is The Electric Sheep

But which team is the one androids dream of?

[jnicho15]

Originally Posted by mwmac

or at a venue somewhat further south?...

Bacardi Bowl FRC?

[wjordan]

HOT TAKE / IDEA: Give the divisions new names every year, maybe picking representatives from a set number of categories.