USA Science and Engineering Festival - 2010

[gblake]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Blake,
Maybe we'll be able to see your display. The DEKA tent is not far from the Capitol. Looking forward to a great event.

Al - That will be a delight - I probably won't get to see any of the Expo beyond "my" tent's walls.

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by gblake

That's where you will find Jared and reps/robots from 5? other FRC teams.

Yep, there are 6 FRC teams from PA, MD, and VA who are participating in this exhibit (I won't try to name them because the only information I have is somewhat outdated).

Come drive our robots!

[mplanchard]

What a great day to be an engineer and love robots! If you are anywhere near the Washington DC area, this is the place to be today. The USA Science and Engineering Festival is filled with amazing exhibits that makes you want to explore, touch and experience science, math and engineering that is just fun. I saw Dean yesterday during an interview with Engineering.com and he talked about his passion, FIRST and his new TV show Planet Green. SolidWorks is on Pennsylvania Avenue between 13th and 14th we are sharing a 30 foot tent with the STEM Academy, they have a large track out front with cars you can race. Our new robot tutorials www.SolidWorks.com/Robotics are a big hit.

More information can be found at my blog http://blogs.solidworks.com/teacher/...stival.html#tp - I am so excited to be here.

Marie

[falconmaster]

Hey everybody. We are at the USA Science & Engineering Festival! We are doing a stage presentation at 2pm today on the Wilson Stage. If anybody is out here for teh event come see us!

We are doing a presentation called Building ROV's for Underwater and Space.

[gblake]

Originally Posted by RoboMom

USA Science and Engineering Festival
Festival Dates: Oct. 10-24, 2010
Expo on the National Mall in Washington DC: Oct. 23 & 24, 2010

I am posting this now because the Festival is accepting proposals from students to bring an exhibit to the Expo on the Mall and giving $250 grants to help. Due Jan. 31, 2010.
https://scholarnexus.wufoo.com/forms...lication-form/

Woot! On this Festival web page (09_SDSF_Recap_Video), you can see guests using the 5th Gear simulation of FIRST's Overdrive game at the recent 2009 San Diego Science Fair.

Freeze the video at 1:12 to see the 6 student/player's faces.
Freeze it at 1:13 to see the simulated robots and track balls on a laptop screen.

I looked for other FIRST material in the video but didn't spot any. Regardless, I think there were (at least) a few San Diego area bots exhibited in that festival.

Blake