• Hey Guest!
    British Car Forum has been supporting enthusiasts for over 25 years by providing a great place to share our love for British cars. You can support our efforts by upgrading your membership for less than the dues of most car clubs. There are some perks with a member upgrade!
    **Upgrade Now**
    (PS: Upgraded members don't see this banner, nor will you see the Google ads that appear on the site.)

I am so impressed with this

Share this page

JPSmit

JPSmit

Moderator
Staff member
Offline
JPSmit said:
The world needs more kids with goofy ideas tinkering in basements.......
Click to expand...


Exactly correct!

This is why I've been involved in FIRST Robotics and FIRST Lego League for so long.

Lots of good action up north too:

https://www.firstroboticscanada.org

There's the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Greater Toronto East Regional on March 8-10, 2012 at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. If you've never been to one of these, I bet you'd love it.

I was at a FIRST Regional at Mississauga a few years back. Had a great time.
One of my favourite memories of that event was a young Caribbean/Canadian girl singing the US national anthem (after starting the event by singing "<span style="font-style: italic">Oh Canada</span>"). At one point, she stumbled on the words of the American song.....so the entire crowd joined in and gave her a roaring ovation afterwards.
The motto for FIRST Robotics is "Gracious Professionalism".
 
In junior high school (science project) I sent a hot air balloon up into the neighbors tree - where it caught on fire. I glued the balloon up out of large sheets of tissue paper, and had a balsa wood frame. A large bunch of alcohol soaked cotton heated it.

Their project is a bit more impressive, but I was only about 12 or so.
 
Very cool story.
 
Back
Top