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I, Robot. You, Kid.

Education: You're never too young for robotics.

By Aliza Aber Posted 01.23.2002 at 6:37 pm 0 Comments

In Samantha Diaz's mind, it's one day after an Arctic storm. Scientists are stranded on an ice sheet and hungry polar bears are closing in. All that can save them: a robot, designed by 11-year-old Samantha and classmates at CS 61 in the Bronx, New York.

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