500$ Mini-Grant

xerka · 08-18-2003, 05:01 PM

Well it's my last year in High School and I have become good friends with my Computer Science teacher, each year we get this mini-grant for $500 dollars, this year I get to spend it

. I need to figure out something to buy with it for a school related project. I was maybe thinking a decent computer for a main node for a cluster, robotics stuff, software, or??? Anyone have any suggestions on what to buy for a school related project?
Thanks

cybrsamurai · 08-18-2003, 05:28 PM

Maybe a bunch of older Pentium Pro systems for a cluster. then you could do multi threading programming experiments.

Zhentar · 08-18-2003, 07:20 PM

If you can gather something around $9,000 more, there's the FIRST robotics. My school (Overland High School, you?) tried it last year, it was great. You register for a competition, it costs $5,000, and then they send you a box of parts, some rules and you've got 6 weeks to build a robot to compete in the competition. Our robot kinda sucked, but it was a lot of fun, and next year (except I graduated so I won't get to see) they should do way better.

It was really great, though getting together $10,000 for the kit and all the other parts you need can be difficult.

utabintarbo · 08-20-2003, 09:18 AM

What cybrsamurai said! Or similar.

xerka · 08-21-2003, 05:55 PM

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If you can gather something around $9,000 more, there's the FIRST robotics. My school (Overland High School, you?) tried it last year, it was great. You register for a competition, it costs $5,000, and then they send you a box of parts, some rules and you've got 6 weeks to build a robot to compete in the competition. Our robot kinda sucked, but it was a lot of fun, and next year (except I graduated so I won't get to see) they should do way better.

That does sound interesting, but the money would definitely be a problem. How did you get money for it? By the way I go to Wheat Ridge HS.

I may just end up building a cluster becuase we already have a ton of old pentium 2's and I would just need to buy a better switch and main computer.

08-18-2003, 05:01 PM	#1
xerka Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 107	500$ Mini-Grant Well it's my last year in High School and I have become good friends with my Computer Science teacher, each year we get this mini-grant for $500 dollars, this year I get to spend it . I need to figure out something to buy with it for a school related project. I was maybe thinking a decent computer for a main node for a cluster, robotics stuff, software, or??? Anyone have any suggestions on what to buy for a school related project? Thanks __________________ Folders: I've given up folding

08-18-2003, 05:28 PM	#2
cybrsamurai Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ashland Posts: 296	Maybe a bunch of older Pentium Pro systems for a cluster. then you could do multi threading programming experiments. __________________ Air cooled my ass.

08-20-2003, 09:18 AM	#4
utabintarbo Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sterling Hts., MI Posts: 496	What cybrsamurai said! Or similar. __________________ Sarcasm is yet another of the free services we offer!

08-18-2003, 07:20 PM	#3
Zhentar Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 225	If you can gather something around $9,000 more, there's the FIRST robotics. My school (Overland High School, you?) tried it last year, it was great. You register for a competition, it costs $5,000, and then they send you a box of parts, some rules and you've got 6 weeks to build a robot to compete in the competition. Our robot kinda sucked, but it was a lot of fun, and next year (except I graduated so I won't get to see) they should do way better. It was really great, though getting together $10,000 for the kit and all the other parts you need can be difficult.

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