<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><h3 style="margin:15.6px 0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15.6px;font-variant:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">I should have sent this out before today, but there will be a meeting tonight by the IEEE NC Council about a Lego STEM event they are sponsoring around the state starting next year. We have purchased 9x of the Lego Educational Mindstorm kits (#45544) and will be holding classes on building and programming robots.  Classes are open to the public and free to attend with the intended audience being a middle/high school student and a guardian.</span></h3><h3 style="margin:15.6px 0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15.6px;font-variant:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">If you are interested in attending a class to learn, or are interested in attending a class to help teach, or just curious about the program, come out to the Forge Initiative in west Cary tonight starting at 6pm.</span></h3><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent"><h3 style="margin:15.6px 0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">The EV3 brick actually runs Linux on it allowing you to custom install different Linux software, or just program it with the visual logic programming language that comes with it I will have one of the Mindstorm kits with me at the event tonight, as well as a simple robot built from the kit and controlled via an Android cellphone app.</span></h3></span><h3 style="margin:15.6px 0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">I hope to see you there tonight!   If going, please follow the event URL below and sign up so we have an idea of how many to expect.</span></span></h3><h3 style="margin:15.6px 0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">Thanx, Rodney</span></span></h3><h3 style="margin:15.6px 0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent"></span></span><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/182953" target="_blank">Event URL</a>
</h3><h3 style="margin:15.6px 0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent">Title: Lego mindstorms Introduction to Robotics starts here !   - EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA C16 CHAPTER</h3><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">

</span><p style="margin:13.33px 0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent">Date: 2018-12-05 18:00:00 America/New_York</p><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">

</span><p style="margin:13.33px 0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent">Location:<br style="margin:0px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">
    The Forge Initiative <br style="margin:0px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">
    3300 Green Level West <br style="margin:0px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">
    Cary, North Carolina <br style="margin:0px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">
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