Month: <span>January 2016</span>
Month: January 2016

Let’s Build

If you have read Francesca Sarmiento’s “Domo Arigato…Mr. Roboto”, you probably know all about the FIRST fun we’ve had all year. El Modena’s best and brightest, The Clockwork Oranges have entered build season. A period of six weeks where each FIRST Robotics team is required to build two robots in order to compete in FIRST …

Domo Arigato…Mr. Roboto

As robotics nerds, picture Bill Gates, across the nation eagerly counted down to the reveal of FRC’s 2016 Stronghold game, Frontline was there among the crowd, and it was electric…and a bit solar as well. Great minds of our tech future huddled to discuss the possibilities and strategies. Each year FIRST Robotics Competition, or FRC, …

All About Bowie

One of the most interesting teachers you have probably never met, Mr. Bowie, the CAD(computer aided design)/Robotics teacher at El Modena. Unless of course you happen to take one of his classes and in that case, you are a fan. When you walk into his classroom, your IQ increases at least 5 points, surrounded by …