First logo and tasks

[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!

[Ryan M.]

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)....

Certain members of my team have been promoting this idea and even claim that next year it will be boxes again. That could very well be, but I'd just like to point out that circles, squares, and triangles are pretty basic shapes. There isn't a whole lot else they could do.

So, I think it's basically a coincidence. The FIRST logo was probably based around the three basic shapes, which just happen to have a large number of things like them...