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From: hrynkiwd@cuug.ab.ca (Dave Hrynkiw )
Subject: Re: Is there a 'BEAM' competition this year?
Message-ID: <D453ID.BHC@cuug.ab.ca>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 10:21:30 GMT
References: <1995Feb15.125402.28603@news.wrc.xerox.com>
Organization: Calgary UNIX User's Group
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In article <1995Feb15.125402.28603@news.wrc.xerox.com>,
Ken Tuttle <kkt@norway> wrote:
>I've tried to keep up with the volume in this group but, I haven't
>seen any mention of the BEAM robot competition.  In the past, it's been 
>held in Toronto in the Spring.
>
>I confess to not making it to any yet but, I was really hoping to this year.
>
>Have I missed it?  Is it no more?  Have I jumped the gun?

	Hi Ken.

The games are on again this year in Sante Fe, New Mexico, not far from 
where Mark Tilden now has a professorship at the Los Alamos National 
Laboratories.  Lessee.... May 4-7.  I'll be there guest lecturing and 
showing off my latest creations.  More info & rules are available thru 
FTP sites at:

	sst.lanl.gov /pub/users/matt
	watmath.uwaterloo.ca /pub/beam/papers (or is that for the BEAM paper?)

	There is a WWW site page being set up, and there's a mail server 
set up too, but I don't have the info right handy now.

	Also in them dirs is a ascii file of the "Western Canadian Robot 
Games" ruleset.  The WCRG has some of the BEAM events this year in 
Calgary, Alberta, Canada on May 27.  Events include Solaroller, 
photovore, walking robots and BEAM Aesthetics (catch-all).  I'm the BEAM 
coordinator, so feel free to contact me IRT any BEAM questions you may 
have.  I'll eventually be uploading a pile of BEAM pics I've scanned for 
a new BEAMkit Miller & I are doing.  Will post when ready.

	Until later....
	Dave

-- 
Um, no - that's H,R,Y,N,K,I,W. No, not      \ hrynkiwd@cuug.ab.ca
K,I,U,U, K,I,_W_.  Yes, that's right.       \ Solarbotics Robots
Yes, I know it looks like "HOCKYRINK."      \ Western CDN Robot Games,
Yup, only 2 vowels. Pronounciation? "SMITH" \ May 27th '95 in Calgary AB!
