I Need Your Help

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Rohith Surampudi

make sure you are well organized when going into the presentation, begin with discussing FIRST, and why it was founded, stray a little bit away from the generic "Engineering rar rar rar rar" stuff and into the Science and Technology part, Use Dean Kamen's Qoute about one of the students involved being the one that will solve cancer (i cant remember it off hand). Elaborate a little into Robotic Surgery, how students of the FIRST program will one day be building these machines, and better. Talk about how Engineers designed the mechanisms they cling to(eg. X-rays, dialysis machines, CT Scans, so on)

Rohith! You forgot Dean's ARM!

If you're talking to the medical community, you've got some leverage. Dean invented the infusion pump that is currently used, IIRC. Plus, take a look at:
-Johnson and Johnson is a big FIRST sponsor.
-The iBot (Dean's invention) is meant to help wheelchair-bound people lead a normal life.
-Dean is working on a robotic arm to replace arms lost in battle (or otherwise).

Remember, you need to present to your audience. Medical establishment people will want to hear about how FIRST can help the medical establishment.