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where young people dream of becoming science and technology heros”
-Dean Kamen
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Team PHRED 2011
First Team 847 PHRED is an extracurricular activity based in Philomath, Oregon. We are students at Philomath High School. Each year, in a six week mechanized frenzy of ingenuity and brainpower, PHRED designs and builds a robot to compete in an international competition...
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Logomotion
The 2011 FRC game is LogoMotion and is played by hanging inflatable tubes on pegs at either side of the field. The tubes are shaped like the parts of the FIRST logo (a square, a triangle, and a circle) with bonus points awarded if the pieces are in the correct order. There are also four poles that can be climbed by a deployable "minibot" during the last 10 seconds.
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Robotics at the Philomath Frolic
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PHRED Participates in Philomath Street Fair
The PHRED Team helped with the children's area at the first annual Philomath Street Fair. Included with the traditional games was the first appearance of a robot game the team developed. The new game introduces people to robotics by controlling small robots built using FIRST Tech Challenge parts. Players move cans around the field placing them on various platforms to earn points.
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PHRED Welcomes New Team Members
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Teacher Appreciation Car Wash
On June 8, 2011 PHRED held its annual teacher appreciation car wash. We gave free car washes to any high school staff as thanks for all they do. We all had fun, got pretty wet, and left 15 cars cleaner than when they arrived.
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PHRED wins at OGPC 4.0
PHRED, under the name PHRED TO.0, competed at the fourth annual Oregon Game Project Challenge on April 30 with our firefighting Incendia game. The game took first place in the high school open division, making this PHRED's second year running to win the champion's award. Paul Atkinson, Tyler Thrall, Stefan Faradani, and Ben McMorran were on the team. 13 other teams were registered in our division, and there were 48 teams total registered for the competition. Learn more about Incendia and play it.
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