ARE YOU AI CURIOUS? About OpenAI, Perplexity, LLMs and AI tools in general? Announcement of AI-related meetups – starting in January 2025 Robotics And Beyond wants to create a series of AI-related meetups for discussions of current topics in AI, for younger people and adults. It will be called Curiosity Club, named for both the Mars rover and what might be the most important gift a person can possess, especially
Union Savings Bank Foundation was created in 1998. In its 2024 grant period alone, the foundation awarded just over $300,000 to 31 local non-profit organizations. Since 2014, the foundation has awarded over $8 million and well over 100,000 hours of employee volunteer time to assist dozens of worthy non-profit efforts in 18 towns hosting 25 bank branches. This is the third grant awarded to Robotics And Beyond, with the first
April 24 & 25: Give Local, 36 Hour Campaign for Non-Profits! During the 2024 Give Local event, you can help Robotics And Beyond achieve the two goals of our Vision 2040 campaign. Be a new donor in our quest for 200 different supporters (now at 139) Move $5,000 closer to our campaign goal of $80,000 (now at $47,197) 2023 was our 20th year. To celebrate, we launched Vision 2040, a campaign
We are excited for another summer season! July 8-12 & 15-19. LEGO Makers K-4 (half-day MORNINGS this year) STEM Explorers for grades K-2 (half-day AFTERNOONS this year) Bundled topics for grades 3-6 in Robotics and Mechanics, Coding, and Design (full-day) July 22-26. OPEN. Held at The Maxx and the Robotics And Beyond office in downtown New Milford. Intermediate VEX Robotics, grades 6-12 (half-day PM) Intermediate LEGO NXT/EV3/Spike Prime Robotics, grades 6-9 (half-day AM) Java 1 & 2: Fundamentals &
“Welcome to the Future” is the theme for this year’s Engineers Week, held February 18-24. Let’s inspire the next generation of engineers to make a difference. Engineering is exciting, world-changing, collaborative, and creative! It’s open to everyone. Engineering is a great outlet for the imagination—the perfect field for independent thinkers – and is a well-paying profession. The Engineering Design Process: Identify the problem/Ask questions Brainstorm ideas Create/Design the solution Build,
Robotics And Beyond’s AI Initiative Purpose: To establish Robotics and Beyond as a hub of knowledge for educating young people, parents, and working adults about Artificial Intelligence, its safe and effective usage, potential risks, and career and education paths in the field. Why: Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is among the most important topics facing our individual lives and society at this time. AI is a key part of the systems
Help needed! Can you spare $25 and 5 minutes? 20 years ago I co-founded a non-profit to help young people discover and develop their talents in engineering, science, technology and design, and pursue careers and education paths. Robotics And Beyond is based in New Milford CT, just north of Danbury. We provide afterschool, weekend and summer camp programs in over 20 topics. We have impacted over 3000 individuals and their
2023 Hour of Code is December 4-10 Hour of Code is a worldwide effort to celebrate computer science, starting with 1-hour coding activities but expanding to all sorts of community efforts. Hour of Code is held in conjunction with Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek), an annual call to action to inspire students to learn computer science and celebrate Computer Science heroes. 2023 Hour of Code has many activities to introduce
Help us celebrate 20 years of assisting an entire generation of young people to discover talents and pursue inspiring futures, serving over 3,000 individuals and families. Our campaign goals: To receive donations of $25 or more from 200 alumni, parents and other stakeholders to demonstrate how much our impact is valued. Obtain $80,000 in commitments for 2024, from sustaining donors, to launch our plan for the next 20 years. Financial
Robotics And Beyond Storage Space Needs Timing: prefer to begin immediately or early August, but could start mid September. Dry but air conditioning not needed (on a floor with a building furnace unit is ideal) Area needed: 200 sq. feet minimum, 400-600 preferred. Location: downtown New Milford preferred but could be within a mile or 2 of town center. Access: Ground level preferred but short stairway will work. 24/7/365 access
We are here to help your kids discover their talents and start applying STEM principles and problem solving in everyday life. This is your chance to help us raise another generation of independent thinkers. DONATE TODAY to help us maintain our classes, provide necessary training to our young mentors, and ensure access to all. Together we help keep this community educated and help our children build a better future for everyone.
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We are here to help your kids discover their talents and start applying STEM principles and problem solving in everyday life. This is your chance to help us raise another generation of independent thinkers. DONATE TODAY to help us maintain our classes, provide necessary training to our young mentors, and ensure access to all. Together we help keep this community educated and help our children build a better future for everyone.