| FIRST robotics team a winner
A Saginaw Career Complex robotics team is looking ahead to the FIRST national championships in Atlanta after capturing a regional championship over the weekend. Team Phoenix emerged as the top squad from a field of 64 during the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology's West Michigan Regional at Grand Valley State University in Allendale. The 16 students will head to the finals at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Thursday through Saturday, April 12-14. The competition for this season is "Rack 'n Roll," a game where the robots pick up inner tubes and hang them on a tower of swaying posts while keeping the competitors' robots from doing the same. v .
US stumbles in moon race, NASA warns
America's road back to the moon is getting rougher, and NASA's leaders are hinting that more delays could mean that the next humans to set foot on the moon might not be U.S. astronauts. Three years ago, the Bush administration's "Vision for Space Exploration" called for manned lunar landings "as early as 2015" and "no later than 2020." .
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Company Of Heroes: Opposing Fronts Announced For PC
THQ Inc. this week announced Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, the next chapter in the groundbreaking real-time strategy (RTS) franchise, from internal studio Relic Entertainment, is scheduled to launch in fall 2007 for Windows PC. Powered by the proprietary Essence Engine and Microsoft DirectX 10, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts allows players to fight as the tenacious British 2nd Army during the heroic World War II liberation of Caen, France, and command the German Panzer Elite as they struggle to repel the largest airborne invasion in history. Players can battle online in exciting new multiplayer modes with these two all-new armies and utilize full compatibility with the original Company of Heroes for a total of four playable armies. Company of Heroes smashed preconceptions of what an RTS game could and should be, earning dozens of industry awards and the highest review score average of any RTS title in the last decade, said Bob Aniello, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, THQ.
Two Nordson Corporation-Sponsored Teams Compete in FIRST Robotics ...
WESTLAKE, Ohio, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Two high school teams sponsored by Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ: NDSN) participated in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics championship held recently in Atlanta, Ga. The Nordson-sponsored Northview High School team from Duluth, Ga., and Middletown Public School team from Middletown, R.I., each qualified in regional rounds and competed in the FIRST Championship. The Middletown team made it to the quarter finals before being eliminated. In addition to the Georgia and Rhode Island teams, Nordson also sponsored teams from San Dieguito Academy in Encinitas, Calif. and Lorain Admiral King High School in Lorain, Ohio. Nordson provided each of the four teams with a $6,000 grant.
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