| Inaugural Vex Robotics World Championship Competition Announced
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 1,000 high school students from across the globe will join together to compete in the inaugural Vex Robotics World Championship competition, playing the game "Bridge Battle" developed by Innovation First, Inc., at California State University, Northridge on May 2-3, 2008. Winning teams from Vex Robotics Bridge Battle local and state competitions will be invited to participate in the World Championship along with 30 winning teams from the Asian Robotics League (ARL) Bridge Battle competition. Additionally, top teams from other competitions using the Vex Robotics Design System, including the FIRST Tech Challenge Quad Quandary and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Savage Soccer Vex- based competitions will be invited to participate. "The Bridge Battle game provides students with a fun and challenging robotics competition that is easily accessible and extremely affordable to all schools," said Jason Morrella, senior director of education and competition at Innovation First.
Space Adventures Announces 1st Second Generation Astronaut Plans ...
VIENNA, Va., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading space experiences company, announced today that famed game developer Richard Garriott, son of former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, has begun preparations for a "commercially active" mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Mr. Garriott's spaceflight, currently planned for October 2008, will be the first in a series of missions that will accommodate commercial activity aboard the ISS. Involvement from the private sector can include scientific and environmental research and educational outreach programming. "It has always been Space Adventures' goal to open the space frontier. Now, with Richard's flight, we have designed a series of missions devoted to increase commercial involvement in manned space missions," said Eric Anderson, president and CEO of Space Adventures.
INTERVIEW: Rod Cousens
It was a US Xbox 360 number one and sold more units on day one than seven prior versions had done in total. We followed that up with Overlord and Jericho, both of which also topped the charts in the States."And what does Codemasters do next? Well, it continues to publish strong product and create new IP. And it also continues along the path to a flotation, a process which, barring a sale or an unforeseen disaster, should be completed by September 1st. "Internally, we know we’ve done a great job in terms of the product pipeline, the distribution and the sales. But investors will look at a wider variety of factors, including market conditions, market appetite and competitive performance. "PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii are all on the upward curve, PC gaming is growing, this cycle is widely expected to have the longest life-span of any generation so far, most video game stocks are trading at an all time high, other entertainment sectors are turbulent, in decline, or both."If I’m a media company, I’m looking at that situation and I’m looking at games.
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