Team HYPER is proud to introduce our 27th season’s robot for the 2022 FIRST RAPID REACT game.
HYPERdrive x27
Rhode Island District Event 2017
March 24-26, 2017
Bryant’s Chace Athletic Center
1150C Douglas Pike
Smithfield, RI 02917
Team HYPER heads down to Bryant University for our second District Event of the 2017 Season.
NE FIRST RI Event Page
FIRST’s RI Event Page
Watch the NEFIRST_RED Webcast
HYPER @ 2017 WPI District
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WPI District Event 2017
March 08-10, 2017
WPI’s Harrington Auditorium
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609
Team HYPER will be headed out to Worcester Polytechnic Institute for our first District Event of the 2017 Season.
NE FIRST WPI Event Page
FIRST’s WPI Event Page
Watch the NEFIRST_BLUE Webcast
2017 Chairman’s Video
Our 2017 Chairman’s Team has shared their video entry for the Chairman’s Award this season!
Year Three, Part Two
FIRST Memories
Year Three musings continued…
(1) As I look back on those early years it amazes me to remember just how humble the beginnings of FIRST were. Here we were in our third year as a team which would have been the 7th year of FIRST and there were “only” 5 regional events in the entire country (Houston, Chicago, New Brunswick, NJ, Detroit and Manchester, NH) … these were followed up by the national championship at Epcot Center, Disney World. In 2017, we have more competitions available in New England than existed in the entire country in 1998.
Year Three, Part One
FIRST Memories
So here we are basically stuck with the knowledge that we love this program called FIRST (or, at minimum, can appreciate its value!) and we have just lost our sponsor. [and for those who don’t know, the program is expensive! – worthwhile, but expensive!]
Our QPS leader at the time was Dr. Angela Avery who coordinated all the chapter 74 programs for the Quincy Public Schools [automotive, carpentry, electrical, plumbing, culinary, etc.] and, as a result, she had contacts through the advisory committees of those programs. One of these contacts was with The Gillette Company, so she approached them and somehow convinced them that this FIRST program was a worthy investment of their resources. As a result, we managed to stay in the game for year three.
Weekend Agenda
Below are some times for specific events happening at this weekend’s meetings. Be sure to check the Build Schedule for the full meeting times for this weekend.
Programming Sub-Team Meeting (Friday 7:15pm)
The programming sub-team will be meeting tomorrow (Friday) at 7:15 PM. If you are interested in helping with the programming aspect of our team, please try to attend. Beginners are encouraged to attend!!!
Design Discussion (Saturday 1PM)
On Saturday, at around 1PM, Zach will lead a talk about the design of this year’s robot. Be sure to be there for this valuable discussion.
Students Traveling Meeting (Sunday 3PM)
If you are traveling, please try to be at Sunday’s meeting at 3PM. We will be discussing the expectations and requirements of HYPER travelers.
Year Two
FIRST Memories
One of my favorite robots for sure…and the year FIRST probably started creating new rules based on teams like ours…
One of the things you should notice here in my second musings is how, in the early years, our team gear changed from year to year and involved student created artwork. Recent alums are used to our professional looking Team HYPER shirts [more on this in future musings…] but the early years involved more student driven inspiration and changed from year to year. It helped that we also had lots of wall space in the CTE to draw on and create art…those days seem long gone.
Year One
FIRST Memories
…Oh, the memories…
Many years ago, I wrote a “Mr. Long’s Musings” for our website as the build season moved along and certain things caught my attention. Over the holidays prior to this FIRST season, I came across my stash of team gear that I have collected over the years and immediately wanted to use that gear to reinstate my musings… it may be simply that I am aging ungracefully and wish to live in the past, but it is equally likely that I wish to remember some age-old truths and remember/thank a few people along the way.