| 2009 |
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| December 12, 2009 on ITT.edu |
| FIRST Tech Challenge - Tournament footage from the Illinois Institute of Technology |
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| December 7, 2009 on ScienceBlog.com |
| "New forest fire detection system prototype installed at Lake Tahoe" |
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| December 1, 2009 on the British Columbia Institute of Technology Website |
| "Kids rock LEGO robotics" |
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| November 23, 2009 on WhiteHouse.gov |
| President Obama Kicks Off "Educate to Innovate" |
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| November 23, 2009 in print |
| White House Coverage |
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| November 23, 2009 on Time Warner Cable Web site |
| "Time Warner Cable to Connect a Million Minds" press release |
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| November 23, 2009 on boston.com |
| "Obama highlights science education" posted by Foon Rhee |
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| November 16, 2009 on website for Office of the Governor, Rick Perry |
| "Texas Gov. Perry Announces State Investment in Robotics Education Programs" |
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| November 19, 2009 in the Boston Globe |
| "Father of inventions" by Joan Anderman |
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| November 19, 2009 in the Burlington County Times |
| "LEGO offers link to the future" by Ed Moorhouse |
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| November 18, 2009 in NewHampshire.com |
| "Building a better bot, FIRST LEGO League tournament introduces elementary and middle school students to real-world engineering" by Julia Ann Weekes |
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| November 18, 2009 in Mass High Tech, the Journal of New England Technology |
| "Tech philanthropy brings wave of contributions, volunteers to organizations" by Dann Anthony Maurno |
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| November 17, 2009 in the Herald Banner |
| "Putting science first" by Chad Blackshear |
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| November 17, 2009 on CowichanNewsLeader.com |
| "Robotic studies inspiring students at Quamichan" by Krista Siefken |
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Fall 2009
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| October 22, 2009 in the Naperville Sun |
| "Building esteem, one LEGO block at a time: Competition fosters imagination, cooperation, education" by Jane Donahue |
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| October 8, 2009 in the St. Louis Beacon |
| "SciFest 09: St. Louis to host robotics world championships" by Julia Evangelou Strait |
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| October 8, 2009 in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
| "Robotics Championships are Coming to St. Louis" |
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Spring-Summer 2009
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| July 19, 2009 in the San Diego Union-Tribune Online |
| "Get more kids involved in technology, inventor says" by Dean Calbreath |
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| May 19, 2009 in the Hammond Star |
| "High achievers look to college" by Sylvia Schon |
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| April 23, 2009 in Wall Street Journal |
| "Building a Better Robot" by Robert P. Crease |
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| April 22, 2009 on Scientific American Blog |
| "Robot LUNACY Competition Wraps Up in Atlanta" by Larry Greenemeier |
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| April 20, 2009 on ABC World News Tonight |
| "Scientific Sport: Robotics" by Ned Potter |
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| April 18, 2009 on CNN.com |
| Breaking Video: "Robots converge on Atlanta" |
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| April 17, 2009 in Popular Mechanics |
| "FIRST Robotics Competition 2009 World Championship: PM Reports on the Winning Team from the Georgia Dome" by Logan Ward |
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| April 15, 2009 in the Los Angeles Times |
| "Israel turns to robotics to boost students' interest in high-tech industry" by Richard Boudreaux |
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| April, 2009 in O, The Oprah Magazine online |
| "The Engineers of the Future" by Sara Sugarman |
| March 28, 2009 on CNN.com |
| "Student Robots Compete" at Connecticut Regional |
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| March 26, 2009 on NBC New York/Around Town |
| "Robots Invade Long Island New York" |
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| March 23, 2009 in Scientific American online |
| "Teenage Robotics Engineers Unleash Their Creations in LUNACY Battles" by Robert Goodier |
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| March 13, 2009 on Forbes.com |
| "Robots And Beyond" by Courtney Boyd Myers |
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Winter 2009
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| February 27, 2009 on ABC News Now "Ahead of the Curve" |
| "Competitive Robotics: Dean Kamen's FIRST program gets kids excited about engineering and science" View Dean's interview |
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| February 27, 2009 in Baltimore Sun "Inside Ed" Online
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| "Video of Woodlawn robot as team looks back, ahead" |
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| February 18, 2009 in Popular Mechanics |
| "Inside FIRST Robotics 2009: Robots are Now Ready to Rumble" |
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| January 7, 2009 in Popular Mechanics |
| "Students Race for Lunar Cred in New FIRST Robotics Game" |
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| January, 2009 in AutomationWorld |
| "Gracious Professionalism: Take the Challenge" by Gary Mintchell |
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| January 13, 2009 on News8 Austin |
| "[FIRST LEGO League] Robots transform learning experience" |
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| January 12, 2009 in Plant Engineering |
| "Grainger contributes to FIRST robotics effort" |
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| January 10, 2009 on KVUE News Austin |
| FIRST LEGO League Central Texas Championship Tournament |
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| January 9, 2009 in Control Engineering |
| "2009 FIRST Robotics Competition: What some young robot designers are thinking" |
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| January 5, 2009 in the Boston Globe Online |
| "Kamen kicks off latest robotics competition" |
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| January 5, 2009 on MotionControl.com |
| "LUNACY unveiled to 42,000 High-School Students at 2009 FIRST Robotics Competition Game Kickoff" |
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| January 4, 2009 in the Union Leader |
| "Kamen response to crisis: A little LUNACY" by Mike Cullity |
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| 2008 |
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| November 17, 2008 in Washington Post Online |
| "Kids Fuse LEGOs and Robotics at Competition" by Michael Alison Chandler |
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| June, 2008 in ROBOT Magazine |
| "FIRST Robotics Competition Selects National Instruments CompactRIO for Next-Generation Robot Control System" |
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| March-April, 2008 in Popular Mechanics |
| FIRST Robotics 2008 Complete Coverage (with video!) |
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| April 25, 2008 on NPR's Science Friday |
| View related videos and listen to the broadcast archive featuring Dean Kamen and a student from winning Alliance team "The ThunderChickens" |
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| March-April, 2008 in the Wall Street Journal Online |
Five-part video series on Team 694 "StuyPulse" by Andy Jordan
Part 1: Building a Bot (posted March 25)
Part 2: Beat the Clock (posted March 26)
Part 3: It's Alive (posted March 27)
Part 4: The Battle Begins (posted March 28)
Part 5: Battling for a Spot in the Championship (posted April 23)
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| April, 2008 in Newsweek Online |
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| April 6, 2008 in MAKE online |
"FIRST Robotics Competition Day 1" posted by Marc de Vinck
"MAKE @ FIRST Day 2" posted by Philip Torrone |
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| April 6, 2008 on ABCNews.com |
| "H.S. Students Play 'Sports' With Robots: Teens Bring Technology Know-How to FIRST Robotics Competition" by Saira Anees |
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| March 27, 2008 in Electronic Design Magazine Online |
| "Team Awkward Turtle Takes Second at FIRST" by Daniel Harris |
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| March 27, 2008 in Education Week |
| "Competing for Competence" by Andrew Trotter |
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| March 5, 2008 in Popular Mechanics |
| "Students Dig in to FIRST Robotics race with Next-Gen Builds" by Jennifer Bogo |
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| January 30, 2008 in The New York Times |
| "ON EDUCATION: In the South Bronx, Robotics and Rebirth" by Samuel G. Freeman |
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| January 17, 2008 in Design World Magazine |
| "How To Cultivate Future Engineers" by Leslie Langnau |
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| January, 2008 online at MSN Money |
| "How to fix: America's Energy Woes" by Richard Conniff |
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| January 1, 2008 in Control Engineering |
| "Closing the Skills Gap" by Marc Moschetto |
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| 2007 |
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| December, 2007 on ControlDesign.com and in Control Design Magazine, January 2008 issue |
| "Who's On FIRST: Engineers of Tomorrow Get a Leg Up Today by Participating in Programs and Organizations Designed for Youths" by Mike Bacidore |
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| November, 2007 on Engineering TV |
| A series of video clips on FIRST, the FIRST Robotics Competition, and the FIRST LEGO League - see Episodes 85-90 |
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| May 8, 2007 on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams |
| "Putting science ahead of entertainment, sports: Inventor Kamen's Super Bowl of Smarts gives bright kids a chance to shine" by Bob Faw |
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| April 13, 2007 in BusinessWeek Online |
| "Building Robots Builds Scientists: FIRST's Robotics Competition helps inspire middle and high school students to pursue careers in math and science" by Spencer E. Ante |
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| April 16, 2007 on MSNBC Online |
| Cosmic Log "Kids rule in robotics" by Alan Boyle |
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| April 14, 2007 on CNN.com |
| "Robotic trio wins 'Super Bowl of Smarts'" |
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| April 2007 on IEEE Spectrum Online |
| "All-girl teams make their presence felt at regional high school robotics competitions" by Andy Hospodor |
| "A record number of all-girls teams competed in the Silicon Valley Regional match of the FIRST Robotics Competition" by Andy Hospodor |
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| 2006 |
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| September 10, 2006 in USA Weekend |
"Score a victory at home: Families learn more about skills - and each other - through inventive contests"
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| May 16, 2006 on NewsHour with Jim Lehrer |
| "H.S. Students Compete in Robotics Contest" |
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| April 23, 2006 in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
| "Restoring the cool to engineering" by Robert "Buzz" Kross, Autodesk |
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| April 24, 2005 on CNN.com |
| "Saving the world, one robot at a time: Robot competition aims to spur young scientists" |
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| January 19, 2004 in USA TODAY Online |
| "President Bush to Honor Robotics Volunteer" |
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| January 19, 2004 in USA TODAY Online |
| "Students Create Robots with Legos" |