Botball

Robotics is an ever expanding career field and also now and ever expanding hobby. Numerous organizations have been put into place for the facilitation of robotic education and study. One such program called “Botball” is popular among students that range from junior high to high school. Their programs help develop and make the fascination that people seem to have naturally with robots, grow.

It is something to look into if you are an eligible student, a teacher, parent, or an interested community leader, the benefits reach out to all these positions.

“Because of the program’s versatility, Botball appeals to students, teachers, and the community on diverse levels of backgrounds, talents, and motivations. Botball has been successful in many educational environments and has encouraged students to explore science, technology, engineering, and math inside and outside of the traditional classroom setting.”

I myself am part of the Botball organization, I develop the software for my high school team.

Check out the website here: Botball.org

Posted in ,

Patrick Servello

Patrick Servello is one of the several new writers picked to write for Hacked Gadgets, we welcome him and expect some good material. Patrick is currently in the schooling process and plans on attending MIT to major in Software Engineering or Electrical Engineering. Patrick plans on going into the IT Security field as a career. He also has his own small home based computer repair and networking business. Patrick has an enormous amount of hobbies, some of these include programming, whether it is an application or a program designed for a robotics platform. Patrick is very into the IT Security scene, he has found vulnerabilities on popular websites such as Myspace.com and NYtimes.com. He loves helping individuals secure their networks and teach them how to be safe. Automotive technology is also a big thing for him, he loves tinkering with engines trying to make them more efficient. He wants to help develop alternate fuel powered cars, several plans have been made by him and a few colleagues to try to design a more efficient vehicle. You also can't forget electronics, this is what brought him to this website. As Pat likes to say, he is a knowledge sponge, he soaks up everything he can. To do this he reads a vast amount of literature, everything from books on philosophy, to books about different religions. One of his favorite books is "A Brief History In Time" written by Stephan Hawking. Along with reading literature Patrick likes to write himself. He is a writer in the local newspaper and has one several writing and poetry competitions. He has also published some tutorials online about various subjects. Patrick Servello started his electronic lifestyle around the age of 13, he just started tinkering with some electronic devices and found out he could make them work differently, maybe even more efficiently. Shortly after Patrick got into the computer security scene also, this fueled his need to learn more about electronics. Embedded software in electronics can be just as vulnerable to attack as web based software. Patrick currently doesn't have his personal website online, however is working on it.

1 Comment

Comments are closed.