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Location
United States, New Hampshire, Manchester
Employees
201-500
Founded date
1992
Mentions in press and media 23
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| May 18, 2015 | ‘Kids need to learn how to think through a problem’: Peggy Vavalla on robotics education | What’s the biggest misconception people might have about youth robotics? According to DuPont’s education liaison, Peggy Vavalla, it’s the notion that robotics are too hard for the average kid. “Kids need to learn how to think through a prob... |
| Apr 15, 2015 | Penn, Drexel just donated $20K to send Central High’s robotics team to the world championships | Talk about saving the day. Two days ago, Central High School’s celebrated robotics team, the RoboLancers, had to raise $35,000 if they wanted to go to the Robotic World Championships in St. Louis, Mo., next week. The team was one of two tea... |
| Mar 27, 2015 | Meet Jeanine Heck, the new mentor of an all-girls high school robotics club | Jeanine Heck is new. The Comcast Senior Director of Product Development has been working in software for 15 years, including the last eight at Comcast. She also is a graduate of Saint Hubert Catholic High School for Girls in Northeast Phila... |
| Mar 5, 2015 | How e-bike startup Riide is helping a high school robotics team | The founders of an electric bike startup and a high school robotics club walk into a neighborhood hardware store. (Stop us if you’ve heard this one before.) Soon enough, they’re organizing a raffle to help the team’s robot, which stacks box... |
| Jun 2, 2014 | Dean Kamen: Coptering In to Inspire Crowd at Boston 2034 on June 10 | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Xconomy’s big Boston 2034 conference is barely a week away. A continent of amazing speakers will be on hand, but one of those you will find most inspirational is Dean Kamen. A... |
| Mar 30, 2014 | The FIRST Robotics Competition | While many will be focused on the final four next weekend, the Gotham Gal and I plan to attend another competition, the NYC FIRST Robotics Competition at the Javits Center in NYC. FIRST is a global robotics program with a number of competit... |
| Jan 3, 2014 | TechGirlz mentor named runner-up in national young women in tech competition | Logan Visser, an original TechGirlz participant who’s now a mentor at the youth nonprofit, was named a runner-up in a national competition recognizing young women’s achievements in technology. Visser was among the top 15 percent of more tha... |
| Sep 23, 2013 | Baltimore Robotics Expo TONIGHT shows what could be city robotics’ home | Competitive robotics that pits teams of engineering-loving middle and high school students against one another in timed matches is slowly gaining a foothold in Baltimore city’s public schools. In the last year, Baltimore City Public Schools... |
| Aug 1, 2013 | The Sowing of a Startup Community in Telluride | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints All it takes are the right seeds and soil for a startup community to take root and thrive. I recently saw this first hand in a seemingly off-the-beaten-path city—Telluride, CO... |
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When was usfirst.org founded?
usfirst.org was founded in 1992.
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Parsers VC has collected 23 articles mentioning usfirst.org, among them “‘Kids need to learn how to think through a problem’: Peggy Vavalla on robotics education” (May 18, 2015) and “Penn, Drexel just donated $20K to send Central High’s robotics team to the world championships” (Apr 15, 2015).
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Yes, usfirst.org is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Dec 2, 2015.