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High Schoolers' Mightiest Robots Win FIRST Championship
The cream of the crop took to the field on Saturday's intense final of the FIRST Robotics National Championship in St. Louis.
4/28/2013 - By: Tara Lynn Wagner
Connect A Million Minds: High School Robotics Competition Reaches Final Stages, Showcases 3D Printing
The FIRST Robotics National Championship is underway in St. Louis and some 400 teams have designed and programmed robots to toss a flying disc across a playing field, but the students who created them didn't just rely on their kit of parts -- in some cases, they used newly available technology to take their bots to a whole new level.
4/26/2013 - By: Tara Lynn Wagner
High School Robotics Mavens Compete In Super-Charged Nat'l Competition
Teams from across the state and country, including a handful from the city, are in St. Louis competing in the FIRST Robotics National Championship.
4/25/2013 - By: Tara Lynn Wagner
Connect A Million Minds: Young Inventors Show Off Projects At White House
Students from across the country got to participate in the ultimate science fair Monday -- not in a school auditorium but in the halls of the White House. NY1's Tara Lynn Wagner was there as President Obama described how impressed he was with what he saw.
4/22/2013 - By: Tara Lynn Wagner
Connect A Million Minds: College Students Mentor Grade-School Students In Robotics Competition
Students across the country are busy gearing up for the FIRST Robotics Competition this coming week, and as students make final preparations to the mechanics of their bots, NY1's Tara Lynn Wagner checked in with some mechanical engineering students from the city’s College of Technology who lent a helping hand, or tool, along the way.
4/20/2013 - By: Tara Lynn Wagner
NY1 Online: It Ain't Rocket Science, Episode 10
NY1 VIDEO: NY1's Adam Balkin hosts this episode of "It Ain't Rocket Science" as part of Time Warner Cable's Connect A Million Minds initiative to inspire America's youth to pursue learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math. [23 minutes]
4/5/2013 - By: NY1 News
Harlem Robotics Team Advances To Championship Event
The Harlem Knights robotics team from the Frederick Douglass Academy took home one of the top honors at the FIRST NYC Regional Robotics Competition this week at the Javits Center.
3/11/2013 - By: NY1 News
Connect A Million Minds: Talent Search Gets Scientific In Nation's Capital
The next generation of scientific leaders are competing for top honors at the annual Intel Science Talent Search.
3/11/2013 - By: Shazia Khan
Connect A Million Minds: High School Engineers Vie For FIRST Robotics Championship
Robots playing Frisbee? That's what's happening at the Javits Center this weekend, as local high school students vie for a chance to take their creations to St. Louis and the FIRST Robotics National Championship.
3/9/2013 - By: NY1 News
Connect A Million Minds: Harlem Team Prepares For Robotics Competition
More than 40,000 students across the country participating in the FIRST Robotics competition are gearing up for their regional bot battles, including one Harlem team making their final preparations for New York City regionals at the Javits Center.
2/23/2013 - By: Tara Lynn Wagner
Connect A Million Minds: Students Learn About Forests At Natural History Museum
Students are getting a chance to escape the urban jungle of New York and learn about the forests of North America at The Museum of Natural History.
2/8/2013 - By: NY1 News
Connect A Million Minds: Young Tinkerers Ponder How Robots Can Become Discus Players
A centuries-old game is going high-tech at this year's FIRST Robotics competition, and more than 2,500 teams of high school students around the world cannot wait to take on the engineering challenge.
1/6/2013 - By: Shazia Khan
NY1 Online: It Ain't Rocket Science, Episode 9
NY1 VIDEO: NY1's Adam Balkin hosts Episode 9 of "It Ain't Rocket Science" as part of Time Warner Cable's Connect A Million Minds initiative to inspire America's youth to pursue learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math. [23 minutes]
2/4/2013 - By: NY1 News
Connect A Million Minds: Museum Of Math Opens In Manhattan
The nation's only Museum of Math officially opened to the public Saturday in Manhattan.
12/16/2012 - By: Shazia Khan
NY1 Online: It Ain't Rocket Science, Episode 8
NY1 VIDEO: NY1's Adam Balkin hosts this Episode 8 of "It Ain't Rocket Science" as part of Time Warner Cable's Connect A Million Minds initiative to inspire America's youth to pursue learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math. [23 minutes]
2/4/2013 - By: NY1 News
Bronx Students, Engineers Collaborate On More Efficient Solar Panels
Some students from the Bronx Design and Construction Academy teamed up with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to develop more energy-efficient solar panels.
11/29/2012 - By: NY1 News
NY1 Online: It Ain't Rocket Science, Episode 7
NY1 VIDEO: NY1's Adam Balkin hosts this episode of "It Ain't Rocket Science" as part of Time Warner Cable's Connect A Million Minds initiative to inspire America's youth to pursue learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math. [23 minutes]
10/25/2012 - By: NY1 News
Connect A Million Minds: Queens' Maker Faire Presents Wondrous Handmade Gadgets To The Curious
The third annual Maker Faire, held this weekend at the New York Hall of Science in Queens, is part circus, part science fair and 100 percent fun.
9/30/2012 - By: Tara Lynn Wagner
Connect A Million Minds: New Workshop Connects Kids To Math, Science Using Arts
A new workshop is getting kids excited about math and science through creative arts.
8/3/2012 - By: NY1 News
Connect A Million Minds: Google Science Fair Entries Span The Globe
Competitors came from across the globe for the second annual Google Science Fair in Mountain View, California.
7/25/2012 - By: Daisy Gonzalez
NY1 Online: It Ain't Rocket Science, Episode 6
NY1 VIDEO: NY1's Adam Balkin hosts this episode of "It Ain't Rocket Science" as part of Time Warner Cable's Connect A Million Minds initiative to inspire America's youth to pursue learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math. [23 minutes]
10/23/2012 - By: NY1 News
Connect A Million Minds: Middle School Students Have A Blast With Harlem "Space Day" Competition
More than 50 middle school students and former astronaut Bernard Harris took part in a recent "Space Day" competition as part of a summer camp program in Harlem.
7/18/2012 - By: NY1 News
Connect A Million Minds: NYC Students Get Hands-On Learning Experience
A new hands-on initiative is expanding the ways children learn about science, technology, engineering and math in schools.
6/16/2012 - By: Shazia Khan
NY1 Online: It Ain't Rocket Science, Episode 5
NY1 VIDEO: NY1's Adam Balkin hosts this episode of "It Ain't Rocket Science" as part of Time Warner Cable's Connect A Million Minds initiative to inspire America's youth to pursue learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math. [23 minutes]
10/23/2012 - By: NY1 News
Connect A Million Minds: World Science Festival To Open With Re-Invention Of Icarus Tale
"Icarus at the Edge of Time", a performance piece where physicist Brian Greene re-imagines the myth of Icarus, will open the World Science Festival on May 30.
5/25/2012 - By: Shazia Khan
Connect A Million Minds: Student Inventors Compete To Solve Everyday Problems
Fifteen finalists in the Antonio Meucci Young Inventors' Competition squared off this past weekend on Staten Island.
5/11/2012 - By: NY1 News
NY1 Online: It Ain't Rocket Science, Episode 4
NY1 VIDEO: NY1's Adam Balkin hosts this episode of "It Ain't Rocket Science" as part of Time Warner Cable's Connect A Million Minds initiative to inspire America's youth to pursue learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math. [23 minutes]
10/23/2012 - By: NY1 News
Connect A Million Minds: Three Special Teams Earn Coveted FIRST Robotics Championship Title
The NBA playoffs may just have gotten underway, but a basketball competition of a different kind came to a close in St. Louis, the FIRST Robotics championship.
4/29/2012 - By: Shazia Khan
Connect A Million Minds: FIRST Robotics Competitors Have Many Ways Of Showing Team Spirit
On the second day of the FIRST Robotics championship in St. Louis, students from the city and around the nation were playing ball with their mechanical creations, but robots were only part of the creation.
4/29/2012 - By: Shazia Khan
Connect A Million Minds: High Schoolers Prepare For St. Louis Robotics Competition
Students from New York City and beyond gathered in St. Louis on Wednesday for a varsity sport of the mind, the FIRST Robotics championship.
4/29/2012 - By: Shazia Khan
Connect A Million Minds: Young Inventors Pitch Their Neat Ideas In Time Warner Cable Contest
Four finalists selected from 1,000 entries by student inventors in Time Warner Cable's first-ever "Wouldn't It Be Cool If" contest came out to St. Louis to pitch their big ideas for inventors and explained how math and science would make them work. NY1's Technology reporter Adam Balkin hosted the finals and judges included inventor Dean Kamen and the Black-Eyed Peas' front man will.i.am.
5/1/2012 - By: Shazia Khan
Connect A Million Minds: Queens Students Test All Circuits Ahead Of Nat'l Robot Battle
With the FIRST robotic nationals a little more than a week away, students from Newtown High School in Elmhurst are making some final adjustments in hopes of scoring big.
4/13/2012 - By: Shazia Khan
Connect A Million Minds: Students Dream Of Inventions Of The Future At The Intrepid
TVs controlled by voice and dream recorders were some of the fantastic creations at a students' invention contest at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum.
3/20/2012 - By: NY1 News
Connect A Million Minds: High School Robotics Team Enjoy Their Own "March Madness" At Javits Center
It is a whole different ball game at Manhattan's Jacob Javits Center, where students from area schools and beyond have gathered for the annual FIRST Robotics Regionals Competition, which stems from Time Warner Cable's "Connect A Million Minds" educational initiative.
3/18/2012 - By: Shazia Khan
Connect A Million Minds: City Students Take Love Of Nature Outdoors
Learning outside the classroom is what one summer initiative is offering students in our area.
3/5/2012 - By: Shazia Khan
NY1 Online: It Ain't Rocket Science, Episode 3
NY1 VIDEO: NY1's Adam Balkin hosts this episode of "It Ain't Rocket Science," part of Time Warner Cable's "Connect A Million Minds" educational initiative, featuring a look at 14-year-old energy expert Aidan Dwyer; this year's FIRST Robotics event; a private space exploration company; a speech by William Shatner; a National Engineers Week event; and Scientific American magazine's "1,000 Thousand Scientists in 1,000 days" program. [23 minutes]
2/21/2012 - By: Adam Balkin
Connect A Million Minds: City Kids' Planetarium Show Out Of This World
Some local middle schoolers recently soared to new heights at the Hayden Planetarium.
2/28/2012 - By: Adam Balkin
Connect A Million Minds: Intrepid Museum Keeps Kids' Minds Running During Break
The Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum is encouraging children to let their minds soar during winter break
2/21/2012 - By: NY1 News
Connect A Million Minds: "Green" Lab Program Helps City Kids Get Bright Ideas On Energy Efficiency
Students at Baruch College Campus High School in Manhattan are sharpening their math and science skills through lessons on energy efficiency that they can take to their home and communites.
2/12/2012 - By: Shazia Khan
Teams Compete In Brainy Science Olympiad At Queens High School
This weekend, 45 city high school teams are vying for five spots in the State Science Olympiad Competition at Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood, Queens.
2/4/2012 - By: Shazia Khan