WAMALUG: Event: February 16, 2002: LEGO® MindStorms Mayhem at the National Building Museum

As part of National Engineers Week 2002 and the launch of a new volunteer program from DuPont and the American Society of Civil Engineers with WGBH-TV Boston for engineers to work with students in grades 1-6, the ZOOM™ Into Engineering Family Festival was held at the National Building Museum and over 5,000 attended (said to be the largest attendance ever at this museum). LEGO® presented MindStorms Mayhem , a game of remote control robots (with both’bots and controllers made with MindStorms Robotics Inventions System), and a Saturn Rocket “make-and-take” event where children built a small model to take home with them. There was also a LEGO® Construction Zone (play area) where visitors could create their own engineering marvels. The event was free and open to the public with no registration required and appropriate for children ages 6 to 13. Bob was our contact person for this event. Members of WAMALUG volunteered to handle the bot competition, demonstrate programming techniques, and keep an eye on the construction zone.

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