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Jan 30, 2015 · Three of the four winners were undocumented and risked deportation when they traveled to Santa Barbara to win MATE’s top prize. This month, their story gets the big-screen treatment in Spare Parts, a film based on Wired editor Joshua Davis’s 2005 reporting on the team.
Dec 2, 2014 · Ten years ago, WIRED readers provided scholarships to four high school kids who beat MIT in a robotics competition. On the eve of a movie about them, here's how there lives have changed.
It is based on the Wired magazine article "La Vida Robot" (Robot Life) by Joshua Davis, about the true story of a group of students from a mainly Latino high school, who won first place over M.I.T. in the 2004 MATE ROV competition. [4] [5] The film was released by Lions Gate Entertainment on January 16, 2015.
In 2004, a team of high school students from Carl Hayden Community High School in Phoenix, Arizona, defeated college teams, including MIT, in an underwater robotic competition. “This is the ...
Jun 5, 2015 · Based on a true story about immigrant high school kids that form a robotics club in an attempt to get a leg up on their next journey in life. They face many obstacles: family, money, no papers, bad attitudes; but they have heart, will, & determination in spades!
Jan 16, 2015 · It helps immensely that the film’s star, producer and Sidney Poitier fill-in, the eminently likable George Lopez in a rare dramatic role as a PhD-toting engineer forced to be a substitute science teacher, is clearly wearing his own heart on his sleeve in this true-life underdog story. Just as Poitier ended up serving as a mentor and father ...
Jan 14, 2015 · The Real People Who Inspired The Film 'Spare Parts' 09:25Resume. January 14, 2015. This article is more than 9 years old. In 2004, a team of high school students from Carl Hayden Community High...
