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Nemo

Mom’s fave

Shiny Champ

Good w kids

Can’t drive straight

Doc Oc

Tries his best

Underdog

Pretty lights

We don’t talk about him much

Is Dave

Likes long walks in the pits

Climbs on things

Supa fresh

Achilles

Is that even his name? mysterious.

Old School Cool

Oldest sibling

Tough but sensitive

Not Dave

Plays well with other bots

Has a great B.U.M.

Good w doors

Too hot for its own good

Can’t handle a single bump

#FIRST #FIRST Robotics #omgrobots #frc

curiosamathematica

Let’s play the following “chaos game”. Consider a regular triangle and take some initial point in it. Now pick one of the three vertices at random, connect it with the current point, and mark this line’s midpoint as the new point. If you repeat this process many times, what will the resulting shape look like? You might expect to find the points simply shattered everywhere, without much structure, but surprisingly, the points will in fact create a Sierpinski fractal.

There are lots of variations on this theme, some of which can be found on this Wikipedia page.

Animation made in Mathematica.

tanx3003

WHEN WILL DOZER RETURN FROM THE WAR

#frc

killerkalashnikov-deactivated20

Robotics Team Gothic:

•Your hands always smell like machine lubricant, you wash your hands multiple times but it will not go away. The metallic smell of the lube starts to smell like blood. •Every team’s cheer is exactly the same. They all start with “what time is it?” You no longer remember how to read time. •Your coach says they’ll be at meetings 4 days a week. 4 becomes 3 and 3 becomes 2. After a while you forget you have a coach. •You walk into your team’s storage closet. All the equipment is in regular storage bins, you’re short a robot, Recycle Rush never happened. •The mentors are working on replica game pieces. They’re currently working on the portcullis. As they add the final touch, a huge blade, you realize they were building a guillotine for those who don’t finish their prototypes in time. •You’re at a competition with your team. Out of nowhere, a FIRST official gives you their business card. You turn it over, it’s bright red.

hotlatinospacerebel

I went to the Regional of First Robotics Competition in Mexico City the past two days. I was the only woman in my team of 16 people. As far as I could see there was not a single all-women team. But entirely male teams were common, and the few girls attending were often referred to as the “cheerleaders”

These are a few of the various sexist comments I received in the past two days. The ones in italics were said to my face.

She is the sex appeal of the team.

So, which one of them [ meaning my teammates ] is your boyfriend? My gf is the Safety Captain too.

Dude, ain’t them afraid she’ll mess something up? She is tinkering with the robot!

Can you tell one of the guys to pass you the wrench so that you can give it to me?

They will not gain any extra points if the girl doesn’t smile more.

Journalist: I can come back later when the person you are holding the spot for is back.

Your team should really uhm… [ staring at my cleavage ] invest in more flattering outfits for the cheerleaders.

“Do you think she is single?” “Yeah, but I don’t think the guys will appreciate it if we steal their chick.”

Is someone that actually knows about mechanics here?

Can you lend me a hammer? It’s the one that looks like Thor’s tool. If you can’t find it I will help you, babe.

I told you only fat girls got into these contests.

“They are actually letting her into the driving team?” “Maybe it is to distract the others.”

It’s a shame they don’t let you use skirts here, right? You must feel very unfeminine.

So don’t you dare telling me that feminism is not relevant now that women can vote. Don’t you fucking dare telling me that fighting for women’s rights is a waste of my time and I should choose another field of work.

stempunks

I am so, so sorry these things were said to you and about you. :(

shap-kid

tbh one of the main reasons I’m excited for frc kickoff 2k16 is bc i can know for sure that the game won’t be Recycle Rush™

thinkscrapbook

Not only is this an amazing, wooden carved Lego man but it uses the usually discarded wood shavings as the packaging protection - brilliant and beautiful …

micdotcom

Watch: Jacob’s upgrades could give Ethan even more ways to communicate.

lezzginka

he’s jewish!!!!

sweeterthananywine

I’ve heard so much about Ethan!! the camp where he was struck was in the same network (urj) as one i used to go to so we raised a bunch of money for him last year during color wars this is so cool!!

realcleverscience

Watch David Tennant (of Dr Who Fame) Explain Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

Seriously, this video is adorbs…

mugglesofficial

call out post to Nasa

why arent u exploring the ocean its literally right underneath us ?? u can send a robot a million miles into space looking for aliens but not into the giant void that takes up the majority of the earth we live on?? please i am scared

stempunks

NASA is the National Aeronautics and Space Association.... it’s not their job to explore the ocean....