Boe-Bot on NBC News

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

Tonight's NBC Nightly News "Making a Difference" segment featured citizen teachers in the Boston public schools, one of whom uses a Boe-Bot in his robotics instruction. You can view the segment here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/39693601#39693601

(Yeah, there's a short ad you have to watch first.)

It's always great to see Parallax products getting national attention -- even if they aren't mentioned by name. What's even nicer is to see that they're being used in volunteer programs like this one that provide educational benefits beyond the reach of standard school curricula.

-Phil

erco

XLNT program, followed by a nice stream of motivational "Making a Difference" segments. Gotta love those 83 year old twins working in the Love Kitchen.

Whit

Thanks for posting this Phil!

Humanoido

That's great to see Boe-Bot in the schools. Combined with the Parallax book, it's the classic robot to learn from. I enjoy seeing new projects posted for Boe-Bot in the Forums. I've even used my Boe-Bot for testing parts of a humanoid. I made a Humanoid Toddler. It would be cool to humanize the Boe-Bot, just a little...