| What: Hands-on,
interactive Mars Rover demonstration
Campers ages 7 to 16
enrolled in the robotics course at Cybercamps
(http://www.cybercamps.com),
a national leader in technology education for kids, will be
programming miniature robotic rovers to climb over a simulated
Mars landscape.
X10 Wireless Technology, Inc.(X10 WTI), www.x10.com),
has donated 50 wireless
cameras to the Cybercamps Mars Rover Robotics
Class, allowing campers to mount the cameras on top of
the robots and transmit images to their individual Cybercamps
Web sites.
How: Interactive
robot assembly
Campers have learned how to control robots remotely using a
software program. During a short
interactive assembly, kids will
learn how to mount the cameras to their robots, capture
images, and view and store them on
a PC.
Who: Cybercampers
Boys, girls, and teens ages 7 to 16
Where: University
of Washington, Loew Hall
Directions and parking instructions to follow
When: Thursday, June
29, 2000 1:30 p.m.
Interviews may take place immediately following the
demonstration (A press
room with information, displays and refreshments will
be available to the media
beginning at 12:30 p.m.)
Visuals:
- Hands-on demonstration of robot with mounted wireless
Camera.
Kids viewing images captured
from the camera on a TV
monitor during class assembly Model
robot with mounted camera
Excitement, enthusiasm, having
fun, and learning!
Collaboration between campers and instructors during
classes such as Programming, Multi-media, Web design, and
3-D Animation, in addition to Robotics.
Interviews:
Campers
Ben Babcock, Curriculum Specialist, Cybercamps
Jeff Denenholz, Director of PR, X10 WTI
|
|
Fast Facts about Cybercamps
Founded in 1997, Cybercamps offers innovative
technology education designed to prepare kids for
today’s scholastic environment and competitive
work force.
Cybercamps has a 6:1 camper to staff ratio and a
1:1 camper to computer ratio.
The Cybercamps Foundation,
a 501c 3 non-profit, provides scholarships for
underprivileged youth to attend the camps.
Fast Facts about X10
Also founded in 1997, X10 WTI, an affiliate of X10
LTD., develops and markets a suite of wireless and
web enabled solutions that together create a home/SOHO
network for automation, entertainment, security and
data.
X10’s vision is to create solutions in which
multiple technologies can be controlled either
locally or remotely using only a PC and the
Internet.
X10 products are scalable and interoperable,
allowing consumers to enjoy the benefits of both
traditional PC based and future broadband enabled
applications.
|
|
