New Cool : A Visionary Teacher, His FIRST Robotics Team, and the Ultimate Battle of Smarts
ISBN: 9780307588890 | 0307588890
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Crown
Pub. Date: 3/1/2011
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The FIRST program: a means of boosting techno-smart kids, launched 20 years ago by inventor Dean Kamen. The program highlight: a challenge to design robots from scratch, with head-on competitions in stadiums nationwide. With 250,000 annual competitors, tons of alumni, and interest from film producer Scott Rubin (he's already bought the rights), no wonder best-selling author Bascomb went after this topic. For communities with strong sci-tech interests.
The FIRST robotics competition, started by genius inventor Dean ... MORE
The FIRST robotics competition, started by genius inventor Dean ... MORE
| Dramatis Personae | p. xi |
| Time Line | p. xiii |
| Prologue | p. 1 |
| The Kickoff | p. 5 |
| Strategy | p. 26 |
| Week One: 43 Days Until Robot Ship | p. 49 |
| Week Two: 36 Days Until Robot Ship | p. 70 |
| The Competition: The ThunderChickens, Team 217 | p. 91 |
| Week Three: 29 Days Until Robot Ship | p. 97 |
| Week Four: 22 Days Until Robot Ship | ... MORE |
| The Competition: 2Train Robotics, Team 395 | p. 135 |
| Week Five: 15 Days Until Robot Ship | p. 143 |
| Week Six: 8 Days Until Robot Ship | p. 165 |
| 96 Hours Until Ship | p. 178 |
| Los Angeles Regional Competition: Long Beach Arena, March 12-14, Part I | p. 194 |
| Los Angeles Regional Competition: Long Beach Arena, March 12-14, Part II | p. 209 |
| The Competition: Heroes of Tomorrow, Team 67 | p. 233 |
| Sacramento Regional Competition: The Pavilion, University of California, Davis, March 26-28, Part I | p. 238 |
| Sacramento Regional Competition: The Pavilion, University of California, Davis, March 26-28, Part II | p. 251 |
| First Championship: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, April 16-18, Part I | p. 271 |
| First Championship: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, April 16-18, Part II | p. 290 |
| Epilogue | p. 317 |
| Notes | p. 327 |
| Game Glossary | p. 331 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 335 |
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