Thanks for the post Barbara. It is really good idea of mentoring students, it will connect the students with tech professional where they learn ideas from industry professionals.
FIRST mentoring program sounds great. This is a brilliant idea to involve and challenge young budding scientific minds. What's more to take these young talents beyond this model program is just fantastic and rewarding ( we owe it to the future generations).
Well done Dean Kamen, this is indeed keeping with the spirit of innovation.
The FIRST model is how to get the young and bright minds to innovate. Other than the focus being on robotics, how is this different from Boys and girls club?
Oh it's grown beyond U.S. borders. FIRST is primarily a national program that challenges teams of students and their mentors to design and build a 130 pound robot in a six-week timeframe using a standard "kit of parts" and a common set of rules. Teams build robots from the parts and enter them in a series of robotics competitions designed by Dean Kamen and Woodie Flowers. The International Competition has grown to more than 1,303 teams competing in 37 Regional Events, including Israel and Brazil.
I hadn't heard of FIRST before this presentation, and I was amazed at its accomplishments. It has absolutely exploded. One of the last events was too big for the Disney Epcot Center and had to be moved to a sports arena. Kamen has made a huge impact on school-age children and they are developing their own roster of superstars. His message is spot-on: we have to get kids to idolize the folks with brains as well as brawn. Thanks to those of you that have already been involved, and for those of you that would like to, Kamen provided this email address: dkamen@dekaresearch.com
The FIRST program sounds like an excellent idea. It is great to hear about young students getting excited about science. These students are our future; we need them to be excited about the future possibilities. From the sounds of this, they are well under way to achieving significant growth and involving students from all over the country.
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