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FRC 78 AIR Strike Official Teaser. Climbing Included!

Rick Blight — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:15:50 +0000

AIR Strike 78 Breakaway Teaser from Brad Mello on Vimeo.

FTC 121 Rhode Rage Teaser #1

Rick Blight — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:57:37 +0000

FTC 121 Rhode Rage Teaser from Brad Mello on Vimeo.

2009-2010 AIR Handbook Released

Rick Blight — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:44:12 +0000

All students and parent/guardians: please read and sign the 2009-2010 AIR Handbook. FRC/FTC students turn in signature pages to Tom Dolan by Saturday January 23. Students continuing with FLL, turn in signature pages to your FLL coach at your next meeting.

Full Handbook
Signature Page

4-H Training Reminder

Rick Blight — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:02:36 +0000

Tuesday, December 15th, at 7 pm in building 80 will be the 4-H adult volunteer training. All AIR adult volunteers are required to be trained. The training will take about 30 minutes.

President Obama Kicks Off “Educate to Innovate”

Rick Blight — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:05:45 +0000

Aquidneck Island Robotics Open House – Saturday September 19th

Rick Blight — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:50:31 +0000

Aquidneck Island Robotics (AIR), a 4-H club dedicated to teaching local youths through competitive robotics, will host an informational open house on Saturday, September 19 from 10am to 3pm at Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Building 80. This highly interactive event will let area students and their families a chance to participate in robot demonstrations, view photos and videos from past competitions, and discuss this exciting program with club members.

The club is currently recruiting students from Newport County, ages 9 through 18, to participate in their upcoming robotics competition season. Prospective members can come from any middle school or high school, public or private. The robotics competitions allow professional mentors from local businesses to collaborate with student members to create a truly hands-on program. AIR members travel across New England and the country to compete in international robotics events and by participating, student members have access to $10 million in scholarships to colleges and universities throughout the country.

For additional information on the club, contact club leader Rick Blight via email at rick@air4h.org.

Use the Google Map link below to generate directions.
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8.25.09 Meeting Recap

Rick Blight — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:05:58 +0000

We had a good turnout for our meeting on Tuesday. We discussed the golf tournament, our new meeting location, off season events, upcoming fundraisers, and recruitment efforts. Details can be found in the minutes here: http://www.air4h.org/meeting-info/

Reminder that the next meeting will be our Annual Meeting. Attendance is mandatory and the meeting will be held at the Educational Outreach Center in Building 80. There is a side entrance on the west side of the building. Plenty of parking is available on the the east and west sides of the building. A map of the Education Outreach Center can be found here: http://www.air4h.org/meetings/Map%20to%20Educational%20Outreach%20Center%20in%20Building%2080.png

2008-2009 FTC Kit Survey

Rick Blight — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:32:20 +0000

Members and others, please fill out this survey to let FIRST and PITSCO know about the shortfalls in the kit. You may win a free FTC base kit!

Greetings FTC Teams!

Thanks for taking a few minutes to help us make FIRST Tech Challenge
even better next year. This season was the first for the new FTC kit of
parts based on the new Tetrix building system. We included quite a bit
of material in this year’s kit from multiple software options to
rechargeable batteries, and lots of metal. You’ll be able to use these
same kits to compete next season in FTC.

We’d like to get your feedback on what can be improved with the kits.
The following survey is about 40 questions on what you liked, what you
used, and what may have been missing. The survey should take approximately 20 to 30 minutes and should be submitted no later than April 3, 2009.

As a small incentive we’re offering a free Tetrix base set as a raffle
prize. Anyone who completes the survey will be entered into the
raffle. We will hold the raffle drawing on Tuesday, April 7th.

You can find the survey at http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB228XCU6VDE7 and a BOM list with pictures of the current kit parts at http://www.legoeducation.com/sharedimages/pdf/FTC%20Competition%20Kit%20with%20Photos.pdf.

Thank you again for your input!

Aquidneck Island Robotics

Rick Blight — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:13:50 +0000

Aquidneck Island Robotics (AIR) is a 4-H club dedicated to mentoring local youth about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) subjects.

Sponsor Spotlight: BNN Technologies

Rick Blight — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:07:40 +0000

AIR would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors, volunteers, donors, and families. Our founding sponsor, BBN Technologies, believes in the long term benefits of getting youth interested in science and technology.