The FIRST LEGO League Climate Connections competition is well underway! Congratulations to the following 2008 NJ FLL qualifying event winners who are going to the State tournament on 12/13/08:

Hillsborough 11/15/08 (21 teams):

Champion’s Award: 2996 Atoms Family

1^st Robot Performance: 2996 Atoms Family
2^nd Robot Performance: 4035 Truthbots

1^st Technical Presentation: 3521 Short Circuit
2^nd Technical Presentation: 2533 Ultrabots

1^st Research Presentation: 3519 RoboRangers
2^nd Research Presentation: 6756 Cavallini - LEAP

1^st Team Work: 3590 Green Hawks
2^nd Team Work: 3192 LEGO Knights

Metuchen (St. Joe) 11/16/08 (10 teams):

Champion’s Award: 7719 Climate Chasers

1^st Robot Performance: 7719 Climate Chasers

1^st Technical Presentation: 5965 Androids

1^st Research Presentation: 3901 Quicksand

1^st Team Work: 5714 Weather Workers

Landroids will be at the Livingston Mall grand re-opening celebration this Saturday, November 15, 2008 from 2 PM to 6 PM, in the upstairs Sears court.

Our sponsor, Langan Engineering has recently completed the Livingston Mall expansion, which includes a new Barnes & Noble bookstore anchor, a new 400-seat food court, interior furnishing upgrades, and other site improvements.

To celebrate these new amenities, Livingston Mall will have special events and exhibitions this Saturday. Landroids will display the LEGO robot and present our “Climate Connections” science project regarding beach erosion and beach protection.

This is a neat way to check out the newly renovated mall, find out what FIRST LEGO League is all about, and see the Landroids in action.

Reminder - Registration form and a $50 fee for participating in the NJ local tournament are due November 1, 2008.  Individual event organizers will send out the team lists around first week of November.

Due to popular demand, we are sharing the Landroids FLL table build instructions.  We bring our own FLL play table to all tournaments and exhibitions, and share it with other teams as a practice table.  People often asked how it was made, some took pictures, and some crawled underneath to get a closer look.  Well, the design calls for it being sectional for easy storage, light-weight so it is transportable, and esthetically pleasing since it is set up inside the house for many months.  The table is finished on all sides, so it can be flipped over to use as a large party or work table.  Wood working tools and extra build time required.  For build instructions, download it here.