Re: Fwd: [Cafe-Scientifique] Robotics!! .... Definitely worth the trip!
| From: | Nancy R. |
| Sent on: | Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 10:58 PM |
Hi Everyone
I HIGHLY recommend the robotics event. You will have the most exciting day of your year watching the amazing things that the students can do with their robots. For the 2013 Robotics Game, the robots have to throw frisbees and climb monkey bars. The 2012 robots had to play basketball and balance on a teeter totter "bridge". Canada is on the world stage in FIRST Robotics .... we have way more than our fair share of top notch teams. Last year, an All Canada Alliance from Stoney Creek (Team 2056), St Catharines (Team 1114), and Calgary (Team 4334) were in a hotly contested final at the World Championships, and two of those teams went on to win the IRI international in the summer. Team 1114 also won the top prize last year ... the World Chairman's Award ... and started a trend of Canadian teams on that plateau too .... watch for more in the years to come.
If you want to see what it's all about, there's an excellent 6-minute segment on it in the attached Discovery Channel Canada video .... FIRST robotics is the second half of the show at this url, but you'll enjoy the first 6 minutes too.
http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/#clip675891
From the start till 6:20 mins is the US Air Force designing surveillance cameras that look like insects and birds
6:20 mins till the end is the FIRST Robotics piece (6:10 mins in length)
(note, I can't get the video to play in Firefox anymore, but it still plays in Internet Explorer)
FIRST Robotics provides an amazing learning opportunity for these students. Almost every family you talk to at Worlds will tell you it has been a game-changer in their kids' lives .... and there are about 10,000 competitors at Worlds!
Attending a local competition with your own kids is also an excellent learning experience ... you can walk around the pit area and talk to the teams about the designs they picked. And it's not just a bunch of engineering / computer science kids. Every team has a project leader, public relations group, competitive strategy group, fundraising group, award submission group etc .... any career your child wants to explore is offered via FIRST.
Both admission and parking are free. Early in the competition is a great time to see the action in the pit area. The calibre of play increases once the finals start (last half day) and the top 24 teams are on the field, but the PIT area is closing down by then.
......N
PS - if you can't make it to Oshawa, consider catching the other 2 Toronto area competitions later this month .... University of Waterloo (Mar 21-23) and Hershey Centre Mississauga (March 28-30). Details are on the website in Thomas' email below. If you attend all 3 events, you'll be able to see how the robots improve as the students try them out an add enhancements and improve in their driving and strategy.
Nancy Roper
Certified Consulting IT Specialist
IBM Americas Advanced Technical Skills - ProtecTIER
7 Courtsfield Crescent, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M9A 4T1
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Thanks Tom for this information. I am forwarding it to the group for their information. Sounds like an interesting competition that our members may be interested in attending.
Do you know if there is any entrance fee or other restrictions? You can respond directly to the list.
Thanks,
Kevin
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From: THOMAS BURGMANN <[address removed]>
Date: Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Cafe-Scientifique] Fwd: RCI LECTURE Weighing the Universe with Gravitational Lensing
Hi Kevin,
Sorry, I am thoroughly tied up with the FIRST Robotics event this weekend at UOIT.
If you or the group are interested in seeing a really fun and competitive Robotics competition either in Oshawa this weekend or Mississauga March 30th at Hershey Centre.
Here are links to the details.
http://www.firstroboticscanada.org/main/
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/regional-events
Cheers, Tom
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From: Kevin Saldanha <[address removed]>
To: [address removed]
Sent: Wednesday, March 6,[masked]:56:33 PM
Subject: [Cafe-Scientifique] Fwd: RCI LECTURE Weighing the Universe with Gravitational Lensing
Thought you might be interested in this lecture.
Unfortunately I have been unable to secure anyone for this month's event... which is proposed for either the 17th or the 24th. If you have any leads, please let me know.
Kevin
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From: Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science <[address removed]>
Date: Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:36 PM
Subject: RCI LECTURE Weighing the Universe with Gravitational Lensing
To: Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science <[address removed]>
We thought you may be interested in the Royal Canadian Institute's (RCI) upcoming lecture on the gravitational lensing. It is sure to be a fascinating lecture.
As always RCI lectures are free and open to the public. A description of the lecture follows, and further details can be found at http://royalcanadianinstitute.org/.
We hope to see you there!
Corinne Sperling
Thursday, March 17 at 7:30 pm
Noel Ryan Auditorium, Mississauga Central Library, 301 Burnamthorpe Road West
Weighing the Universe with Gravitational Lensing
Laura Parker, B.Sc., Ph.D., Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton
Most of the mass in the Universe is believed to be in an unseen form called dark matter. In this talk I will present the observational evidence leading to this incredible realization. Laura will then focus in particular on the use of gravitational lensing to investigate dark matter. In gravitational lensing light is bent by the presence of massive objects in much the same way that an optical lens bends light. Remarkably, we can use lensing to study the amount and distribution of dark matter in the universe on scales ranging from individual galaxies to the entire universe itself.
This is a joint lecture with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Mississauga Centre
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I HIGHLY recommend the robotics event. You will have the most exciting day of your year watching the amazing things that the students can do with their robots. For the 2013 Robotics Game, the robots have to throw frisbees and climb monkey bars. The 2012 robots had to play basketball and balance on a teeter totter "bridge". Canada is on the world stage in FIRST Robotics .... we have way more than our fair share of top notch teams. Last year, an All Canada Alliance from Stoney Creek (Team 2056), St Catharines (Team 1114), and Calgary (Team 4334) were in a hotly contested final at the World Championships, and two of those teams went on to win the IRI international in the summer. Team 1114 also won the top prize last year ... the World Chairman's Award ... and started a trend of Canadian teams on that plateau too .... watch for more in the years to come.
If you want to see what it's all about, there's an excellent 6-minute segment on it in the attached Discovery Channel Canada video .... FIRST robotics is the second half of the show at this url, but you'll enjoy the first 6 minutes too.
http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/#clip675891
From the start till 6:20 mins is the US Air Force designing surveillance cameras that look like insects and birds
6:20 mins till the end is the FIRST Robotics piece (6:10 mins in length)
(note, I can't get the video to play in Firefox anymore, but it still plays in Internet Explorer)
FIRST Robotics provides an amazing learning opportunity for these students. Almost every family you talk to at Worlds will tell you it has been a game-changer in their kids' lives .... and there are about 10,000 competitors at Worlds!
Attending a local competition with your own kids is also an excellent learning experience ... you can walk around the pit area and talk to the teams about the designs they picked. And it's not just a bunch of engineering / computer science kids. Every team has a project leader, public relations group, competitive strategy group, fundraising group, award submission group etc .... any career your child wants to explore is offered via FIRST.
Both admission and parking are free. Early in the competition is a great time to see the action in the pit area. The calibre of play increases once the finals start (last half day) and the top 24 teams are on the field, but the PIT area is closing down by then.
......N
PS - if you can't make it to Oshawa, consider catching the other 2 Toronto area competitions later this month .... University of Waterloo (Mar 21-23) and Hershey Centre Mississauga (March 28-30). Details are on the website in Thomas' email below. If you attend all 3 events, you'll be able to see how the robots improve as the students try them out an add enhancements and improve in their driving and strategy.
Nancy Roper
Certified Consulting IT Specialist
IBM Americas Advanced Technical Skills - ProtecTIER
7 Courtsfield Crescent, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M9A 4T1
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From: Kevin Saldanha <[address removed]>
To: [address removed]
Date: 03/06/[masked]:02 PM
Subject: Fwd: [Cafe-Scientifique] Fwd: RCI LECTURE Weighing the Universe with Gravitational Lensing
Sent by: [address removed]
Thanks Tom for this information. I am forwarding it to the group for their information. Sounds like an interesting competition that our members may be interested in attending.
Do you know if there is any entrance fee or other restrictions? You can respond directly to the list.
Thanks,
Kevin
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: THOMAS BURGMANN <[address removed]>
Date: Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Cafe-Scientifique] Fwd: RCI LECTURE Weighing the Universe with Gravitational Lensing
Hi Kevin,
Sorry, I am thoroughly tied up with the FIRST Robotics event this weekend at UOIT.
If you or the group are interested in seeing a really fun and competitive Robotics competition either in Oshawa this weekend or Mississauga March 30th at Hershey Centre.
Here are links to the details.
http://www.firstroboticscanada.org/main/
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/regional-events
Cheers, Tom
[address removed]
From: Kevin Saldanha <[address removed]>
To: [address removed]
Sent: Wednesday, March 6,[masked]:56:33 PM
Subject: [Cafe-Scientifique] Fwd: RCI LECTURE Weighing the Universe with Gravitational Lensing
Thought you might be interested in this lecture.
Unfortunately I have been unable to secure anyone for this month's event... which is proposed for either the 17th or the 24th. If you have any leads, please let me know.
Kevin
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science <[address removed]>
Date: Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:36 PM
Subject: RCI LECTURE Weighing the Universe with Gravitational Lensing
To: Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science <[address removed]>
We thought you may be interested in the Royal Canadian Institute's (RCI) upcoming lecture on the gravitational lensing. It is sure to be a fascinating lecture.
As always RCI lectures are free and open to the public. A description of the lecture follows, and further details can be found at http://royalcanadianinstitute.org/.
We hope to see you there!
Corinne Sperling
Thursday, March 17 at 7:30 pm
Noel Ryan Auditorium, Mississauga Central Library, 301 Burnamthorpe Road West
Weighing the Universe with Gravitational Lensing
Laura Parker, B.Sc., Ph.D., Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton
Most of the mass in the Universe is believed to be in an unseen form called dark matter. In this talk I will present the observational evidence leading to this incredible realization. Laura will then focus in particular on the use of gravitational lensing to investigate dark matter. In gravitational lensing light is bent by the presence of massive objects in much the same way that an optical lens bends light. Remarkably, we can use lensing to study the amount and distribution of dark matter in the universe on scales ranging from individual galaxies to the entire universe itself.
This is a joint lecture with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Mississauga Centre
--
==========================
“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one destiny, affects all indirectly.” (Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King)
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“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one destiny, affects all indirectly.” (Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King)
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