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Sunday February 2009 | Vol. 31 | 02.22.09
2009 NATIONAL BDPA TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
Abstract and IT Showcase Deadlines | February 27
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Baltimore - Students from BDPA's Richmond Chapter successfully present their team's research project and demonstrate how effective use of LEGO's intuitive NXT software provides intelligence for their robots. BDPA's Richmond team is shown above at the Baltimore Convention Center with BDPA's National President, Denise Holland (front row, 3rd from the right), BDPA team leaders from Richmond, Northern Delaware, Washington, D.C., and the host chapter, BDPA Baltimore.
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Upcoming Technology & BDPA Events:
BDPA (Greater Tampa) | February 26
Program Meeting
BDPA (Los Angeles) | February 26 Webinar: Podcasting Made Easy
BDPA (All) | February 27
NBDPA 2009 Conference Presentation Abstracts Due
BDPA (All) | February 28
NBDPA 2009 Conference Early-Bird Registration Ends
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Spring 2009 Print Editions | Friday, February 27 Participating BDPA Chapters
Congress
U.S. Senate
Reconvenes, Monday, February 23, 2009 at 2:00pm for consideration of motion to proceed to consider the D.C. Voting Rights Bill, S.160.
U.S. House of Representatives
Reconvenes, Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 10:am;
President's Day Work Period at local district offices conclude. |
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CALL FOR PRESENTERS NATIONAL BDPA TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
Raleigh Convention Center
Raleigh, NC
Conference Theme: "Challenges for Today, Strategies for Tomorrow"
Presentation Dates: August 5 - 7, 2009
Abstract Submission Deadline: February 27, 2009
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| Acronym of the Day -- by Tec-Masters, Inc. |
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Acronym of the Day
NXT
What is NXT?
LEGO's Next Generation of intuitive robots.
The new NXT Intelligent Brick, or the robot's "brain," features 32-bit microprocessors, memory, plus support for USB 2.0, and Bluetooth. NXT is a highly versatile palette of LEGO TECHNIC� elements which combine state-of-the-art ultrasonic, sound, light and touch sensors in the next generation of its intuitive robots.
Programming software is available for both PC and Macintosh. With Bluetooth support, one can even command robots directly from iPhones, BlackBerrys, and other mobile devices.
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lego.com |
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