segwaychatadmin
09-29-2002, 09:48 PM
SegwayChat is proud to host a FIRST discussion forum! We welcome FIRST teams, their mentors and anyone interested in learning more about FIRST.
You're encouraged to introduce yourselves, ask questions, talk about competitions past and present, offer advice and most importantly - just have fun!
*Special note: Please spread the word about the forum! We've just opened, so we need to gather the forces in order to build an online community.
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What is FIRST?
FIRST Robotics Competition
The FIRST Robotics Competition is an exciting, nationwide competition that teams professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way. The program is a life-changing, career-molding experience—and a lot of fun. In 2003 the competition will reach more than 20,000 students on over 800 teams in 24 competitions. Our teams come from Canada, Brazil, the U.K., and almost every U.S. state. The competitions are high-tech spectator sporting events, the result of lots of focused brainstorming, real-world teamwork, dedicated mentoring, project timelines, and deadlines.
Colleges, universities, corporations, businesses, and individuals provide scholarships to our participants. Involved engineers experience again many of the reasons they chose engineering as a profession, and the companies they work for contribute to the community while they prepare and create their future workforce. The competition shows students that the technological fields hold many opportunities and that the basic concepts of science, math, engineering, and invention are exciting and interesting.
<center><from: www.usfirst.org - the official home page for FIRST></center>
You're encouraged to introduce yourselves, ask questions, talk about competitions past and present, offer advice and most importantly - just have fun!
*Special note: Please spread the word about the forum! We've just opened, so we need to gather the forces in order to build an online community.
<center>*****</center>
What is FIRST?
FIRST Robotics Competition
The FIRST Robotics Competition is an exciting, nationwide competition that teams professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way. The program is a life-changing, career-molding experience—and a lot of fun. In 2003 the competition will reach more than 20,000 students on over 800 teams in 24 competitions. Our teams come from Canada, Brazil, the U.K., and almost every U.S. state. The competitions are high-tech spectator sporting events, the result of lots of focused brainstorming, real-world teamwork, dedicated mentoring, project timelines, and deadlines.
Colleges, universities, corporations, businesses, and individuals provide scholarships to our participants. Involved engineers experience again many of the reasons they chose engineering as a profession, and the companies they work for contribute to the community while they prepare and create their future workforce. The competition shows students that the technological fields hold many opportunities and that the basic concepts of science, math, engineering, and invention are exciting and interesting.
<center><from: www.usfirst.org - the official home page for FIRST></center>