Robofest

Today we went to the Sony Lab on Madison and 56th st to see the first annual Robofest! It is groups of kids that use mostly Lego to design robots, and this is a contest for dancing robots. There was a show and we could see the robots up close, some dancing and others doing all sorts of things. The first thing I noticed tho was the giant Spiderman climbing down the glass wall.

My friend Elias and I were amazed at all the robots and the many configurations of Lego, processors, tires, sensors, parts and pieces.
This one looked like a cool airplane fighting machine,
and this one had a face!
This one moved back and forth.

It was programmed to see the black line and not cross it, but to turn and go the other way. It actually stayed inside it's oval and didn't get away or fall off of the table.
I can't wait til Daddy helps me build my own robot. These are fantastic!

Click HERE for a slideshow of more photos of this wonderful show!

My New Birthday Bike

I got a brand new bicycle for my 5th birthday!

Here Daddy is helping me put it together, tho I really did most of it myself. I put on the tires, pedals, and now I am tightening the seat. The little blue and silver bike is my old bike I got when I was 3. It's way too small for me now. This new one goes much faster!!! Check out the slide show at the end...

Here is a link to a slide show of the rest... My New Bike!

New York Hall of Science

Our last field trip of the summer (from YMCA summer camp) was to the New York Hall of Science. It was leftover and built on the old 1964-5 World's Fair in New York City in Flushing Meadow Queens. We saw tons of great stuff, I wish I could show you everything, but here's a few pics of some of my favorite things. Maybe if I have time I'll show you more...Inside, we all got to play with molecules and make our own creations.
The whole class had fun putting pieces together.
My teacher Barbara is helping one of the boys get a better view of centrifugal force on metal balls rolling around and around and around....
The hall of mirrors...

More hall of mirrors, don't my friends look funny!
A very cool machine that made shadows of us in color
We heard the story of how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. First they Munch. Crunch. Munch. Crunch
This was the site of the 1964-65 New York Worlds Fair. My mom went here with her family when she was a little girl.
This is one of the first real rocket ships!
We built our own.These are my 2 best buddies from summer camp, Clyde and Angel. We hang out with Aya too (with blue headband)Boy we were tired on the way home!