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Highlights of 2022 Summer Outreach
In contrast to the summers of 2020 and 2021 when we were 100% virtual, we finally got back to in-person outreach during the Summer of 2022. Read on to find out about how much fun we had this summer reaching people at outdoor events and camps, including a camp that reached out to us in…
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Girls of Steel InvenTeams Update #9: Finale
Well, well, well, it has been an eventful July. Hallelujah we were able to follow up EurekaFest with an eventful month filled to the brim (perhaps overflowing) with outreach, celebrations (cue Kool & the Gang’s “Celebration” song), and reflection. To start the month off, the team scheduled a laser tag event in order to celebrate…
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2021-2022 FIRST Ladies Rewind
It’s been a great year in FIRST Ladies! With 44 regional partner teams from 7 countries, we’ve really enjoyed connecting with ladies and supporters from around the world! Here are some highlights from our season: FIRST Ladies Game Night (December 2021) After the success of our 2020 Game Night, we decided to host another…
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Girls of Steel InvenTeams Update #8: EurekaFest!
This June our team attended EurekaFest – a celebration of the 2022 InvenTeams – at MIT in Cambridge, MA to showcase the BuzzBand! We had so much fun presenting our invention to an audience and meeting the other InvenTeams. Day 1: Monday, June 13, 2022 We started our journey bright and early at the…
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Girls of Steel InvenTeams Update #7
Our team buzzed with productivity this May! We made an informational video about the BuzzBand for EurekaFest! Check it out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QN9uyTPHiTg Also check out this clip of Aditi testing the BuzzBand (click on the photo). The BuzzBand app is currently in development with a super-alpha version built for Android that can turn an…
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2022 Build Season/Competition Season Update #3: Worlds!!
WORLDS! Ofter qualifying for 2022 Worlds at both GPR and Buckeye, our team quickly made plans to travel to Houston -for our robot and for our team. Generally the team reserves a bus for team trips, but Houston is far enough away from Pittsburgh (more than 1300 miles) that we arranged to fly. To get…
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Girls of Steel InvenTeams Update #6
This April has had us buzzing with excitement! On April 6th, we had our first BuzzBand outreach event. We set up a booth at the Carnegie Science Center’s 18+ Sensory Sensitive Evening with a couple of our prototypes, posters and bee pins! Many families showed interest and gave positive feedback on how the BuzzBand would…
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Girls of Steel 2022 InvenTeam: Update #5
Happy Spring! The BuzzBand team had an exciting month. We kicked off March with a presentation for Pennsylvania U.S. Congressman Mike Doyle. He left many insightful comments about our project and even participated in our media board activity! In addition, as members of the Girls of Steel FIRST Robotics Competition team, the…
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2022 Build Season/Competition Season Update #2: Buckeye!
Following GPR (actually at GPR) our team started to brainstorm ways to make a quick turn around for Buckeye. So we went hard at work to make our robot able to shoot in the high hub, and the attempt was super successful. The team buckled down with long, intense prototyping and build sessions to adapt the…
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FIRST Ladies Meetups at 2022 Greater Pittsburgh Regional and Buckeye Regional
Last week on March 17th we held our (mostly) annual women in STEM event at the Greater Pittsburgh Regional (GPR)! After GPR was canceled the past 2 years due to COVID, we were very excited to be able to hold an in-person event once again! In 2020 we hosted a virtual panel. The video is…