The livestreaming link is: http://livestream.com/accounts/13199388/FTC-Edison (our team is in the Edison division)—we will email around a more detailed schedule of our matches tomorrow. We will have matches tomorrow, Thursday and Friday.
One of the tournament sponsors is SpaceX—we’re looking forward to visiting their display booth.
Meet FIX IT 3491 The First Island eXperts In Technology. Team members Guy, Alec, Helen, and Duncan recently won the Canadian Championships. They are the only team in BC and one of only two attending in their age category who will represent Canada in St. Louis at the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition in Science/Technology) World Championships for Robotics.
Congratulations Duncan on becoming an FTC Dean’s List Award Finalist! You have been recognized as one of the best and brightest talent in the FIRST community and you should be proud of this accomplishment!
All Dean’s List Finalists are invited to celebrations at the upcoming World Championship in St. Louis!
The FIX IT team was given a guest spot at GottaCon, a Gaming Convention held at the Crystal Gardens in downtown Victoria. There was a simple game using Block Party Blocks, a ramp and a “rough” which was green bumpy plastic. Two, small Omni-wheeled robots were available for people to try out. Points were awarded for getting the blocks to a scoring zone.
The Washington State FTC Championships were held at the ShoWare Center. Thank you to the City of Kent for donating the space. It was an amazing venue for the State Championships!
The Canadian FTC Championships were held in Edmonton on Feb. 8, 2015. We had been looking forward to playing with Canadian teams at an event.
This season, the FIX IT team was part of the Knuth League in northern Washington State. After playing two league events (16 matches), 3491 was ranked 7th in our district. The next event was the Pasteur District Championship on Jan. 11, 2015. Continue reading “District Championships, 2015”
The kickoff was held in the Microsoft campus in Redmond on September 6, 2014. There were a lot of teams; more than last year. The game was revealed! Continue reading “Kick-Off 2014/15”
The FIX IT team helped at a practice tournament for the local FLL teams on December 7, 2013. We helped by running the tournament field, getting teams to interviews, and doing odd jobs.
It was fun bringing the teams to the interviews because we got to spend time with the teams as they were getting ready for the interviews. It was interesting to be involved in running a tournament, not just being in the tournament. We got to see more of an overview, rather than just the narrow focus on what we need to for the competition.
