FRC San Diego – Dean Kamen & the Brazilians, originally uploaded by David A G Wilson.

I’ve just finished reading a very good article on Dean Kamen in the newly redesigned Newsweek. It talks at length about the FIRST Robotics Competition and Dean’s goal of instilling passion for science and technology in today’s high school students. It’s well worth a read and I would add a link here but, unfortunately, the story isn’t on Newsweek’s site as far as I can tell. Look for the cover with the photo of President Obama and you’ll find the story inside.

Here’s a photo I took during a 10 minute session as a papparazo at the FRC competition in San Diego earlier this year. The local press coordinator didn’t have a photographer handy when Dean made an appearance so she grabbed me and put me to work. You can find other photos I took during the regional events in Cleveland and San Diego here or in my previous posts here and here.

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Thanks for Armonds at a.b.c photography for his tip about this tool.