[Robotgroup] Local kids and robots

[Tim Rueger]

Betty/All,

To be more precise, TexLUG hasn't been active in
Austin recently.

TexLUG just had a very successful event at a children's
hospital in Houston, and we're doing a booth again
this year at the Healthy Baby and Child Expo in San
Antonio March 2-4.

But no, not much in Austin as of late.

-Tim

On Jan 17, 2007, at 9:10 PM, Betty wrote:

> I talked to Tim Rueger at August's Sumobot tournament (which happened  
> when
> the line-following event didn't get enough entries, I think). He said  
> the
> TexLUG isn't currently active. That's all I know.
>
> Betty
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: robotgroup-bounces at puremagic.com
> [mailto:robotgroup-bounces at puremagic.com] On Behalf Of Gray Mack
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 8:05 PM
> To: The Robot Group Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] Local kids and robots
>
> I didnt see a mention of http://www.texlug.org/  (Texas LEGO Users  
> Group) in
> your email.
> However, it looks like the austin chapter
> http://www.io.com/~rueger/lego/texlugaustin/index.html has not been too
> active since their line following contest in June 2006.
> Have they merged into one of the other groups you mentioned?
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Betty <bettydingus at austin.rr.com>
> To: robotgroup at puremagic.com
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 4:59:37 PM
> Subject: [Robotgroup] Local kids and robots
> Hi,
> This is Betty Dingus. I've attended two meetings now, plus a Dorkbot. I
> uploaded an article about the One Laptop Per Child program a few weeks  
> ago.
> I homeschool my eleven-year-old son, Eric, and we both joined the Robot
> Group last week (although Eric wasn't physically there). We'd heard of  
> the
> group years ago from Bob Comer, our neighbor. I signed up for the  
> Meetup
> group, also.
>
>
>
> I'm interested in robotics and teaching it to kids, although I'm  
> neither
> technical nor an artist (my degree being in Anthropology). Locally,  
> there
> are summer camps (such as the pricey IDtech , as recently discussed)  
> and a
> tiny program at the Children's Museum. Most of the ongoing action is in
> contest teams, though. So here's the scoop about what Austin kids are
> involved in (at least, that I know about):
>
> ...
>
>
>
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