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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.
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.
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.
In 2004, a team of high school students from Carl Hayden Community High School in Phoenix, Arizona, defeated college teams, ...
Jun 5, 2015 · Four Hispanic high school students form a robotics club under the leadership of their school's newest teacher, Fredi. With no experience, 800 bucks, used car parts and a dream, this rag tag team goes up against the country's reigning robotics champion, MIT.
Cristian Arcega, one of the Carl Hayden Community High School students who inspired the film “Spare Parts.” He tweets @Cristian_Arcega. © 2024 NPR. In 2004, a team of high school students...
Jan 14, 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.
Jan 16, 2015 · But what truly saves “ Spare Parts” from being just a glorified after-school special is that these Mexican-born kids, who attend a scrappy working-class high school in Arizona, are all undocumented immigrants who live in constant fear that they or family members could be deported at any time.
Feb 4, 2015 · In 2004, four teenagers from an impoverished Arizona high school entered an underwater robotics contest. They had no money, and even less experience, but the robot they created, dubbed "Stinky," went head to head with the engineering geniuses at MIT — and won.
Nov 7, 2014 · Spare Parts Official Trailer. Learn more: http://bit.ly/SparePartsFB SPARE PARTS is a true life story about four Hispanic high school students who form a robotics club under the...
