First logo and tasks

[Jessica Boucher]

Originally Posted by Denman

has anyone noticed the correspondance with the first logo and the tasks. We had the boxes (the square) , the balls (circle) and now the tetra (triangle)....

I've thought that too. All joking aside, it looks to me that FIRST has been finishing off a lot of multiples of three that they've had going for a while. But I won't mention the others until I'm proven right, wrong, or otherwise at the Championship.

[E. Wood]

I did notice how the objects that are played with have been in order starting with the squares, then the balls and then to triangles. My bet is that next year the game will have something to do with a squared object.

[Ali Ahmed]

Next year FIRST will come up with its own shape called the FIRSTagon. These will the new game pieces.

[kjhobin]

maybe pentagons (5 letters in first, 5 sides) or a 5 sided object made of pentagons? (is that even possible, if it is, what is it called???)

[Rombus]

Well, a quick Google search turned this up (Closes i could find to a 3d 5 sided pentagon shaped object)
http://www.auxisystems.com/Images/De..._WireFrame.gif

If you remove the 5 side limit, you get something more akin to a Bucky ball (i think thats what there called)

[Bill Moore]

Originally Posted by Rombus

If you remove the 5 side limit, you get something more akin to a Bucky ball (i think thats what there called)

Buckminsterfullerene is the technical term, named because of the similarity to Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes. The Epcot Dome is one example.
More info here:
http://www.applied-synergetics.com/a.../buckybal.html
They are currently a very interesting and hot area of materials research. Everybody and their brother are trying to make carbon nanaotubes in an economical fashion.

[Denman]

but they are known as bucky balls yes

[Bill Moore]

Originally Posted by Denman

but they are known as bucky balls yes

Yes, Denman, even the researchers call them "bucky balls". (Who would want to keep saying the term "buckminsterfullerene" every other sentence?)

[Rombus]

Thanks for the name Bill!
I just had another brain flash! Essentially, This years game was a giant game of tick tac toe. What is another simple game that could be done on a bigger scale? first thing i thought of was connect four.

[1574aviad]

my idea of a new game:
flying robots!!!!
yeah!!
either that or a water game

[Sakura141]

My team noticed that thing too... We think that the game next year could involve all 3 of those shapes.

Mrs. Lamotte, our main mentor, and my math teacher, during first hour made a comment about how she wished we could go back to balls again

[ahecht]

Originally Posted by Sakura141

We think that the game next year could involve all 3 of those shapes.

Hmm, sort of like this game?

[kjhobin]

Originally Posted by Rombus

Well, a quick Google search turned this up (Closes i could find to a 3d 5 sided pentagon shaped object)
http://www.auxisystems.com/Images/De..._WireFrame.gif

If you remove the 5 side limit, you get something more akin to a Bucky ball (i think thats what there called)

well maybe you have to hang them on some thing or cap them. That would be interesting!