[clue-talk] Makers Club

[Sean LeBlanc]

Yes, undoubtedly.

BTW, that FIRST thing looked interesting, especially for those with kids in
that age bracket.

I might see about going to the DU one just as a spectator in March. 

I think Dean Kamen is exactly right in his observation that many in this
country look up to people in a occupation like a sports star, but completely
overlook scientists and engineers, who actually drive the economy.

Even if no matter who you are, you end up looking like a dork on a Segway.
;)
 
On 10-16 19:44, dennisjperkins at comcast.net wrote:
> One day I'll get there. I was planning on going but I helped my daughter with homework, which is a good investment, in my opinion. 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sean LeBlanc" <seanleblanc at comcast.net> 
> To: clue-talk at cluedenver.org 
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 1:22:01 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain 
> Subject: [clue-talk] Makers Club 
> 
> Just thought I'd mention this...last night it was a little more free-form. 
> No real planned talks - they talked a bit about what to do in the future, 
> what might interest people, etc. 
> 
> One of the hopes was that they could convince the guy who re-created the 
> Apollo flight computer in his basement to come in and give a talk about 
> it... 
> 
> I did a search, I think it's this guy: 
> 
> http://www.spaceref.com/exploration/apollo/acgreplica/ 
> 
> I think there was also some interest in having some ham radio discussions. 
> 
> 
> Also they talked about FIRST, which apparently some of the folks in the 
> group mentor for. They played a short video that explains what FIRST is. 
> 
> http://www.usfirst.org/ 
> 
> 
> Apparently some big regional FIRST event happens at DU around March, and 
> someone said they've heard it's one of the better regionals. 
> 
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