Who wants to play Megabots?

Hey Y'all,
I saw a MegaBot at New York City's Comic Con! Just what is a MegaBot? A MegaBot is an internally piloted robot that is 15 feet tall and weighs 15,000 pounds. It seats a team of two (a driver and a gunner). It has massive pneumatic weapons for arms and fights against other MegaBots. They fire special paint-filled ammunition, shooting at speeds of more than 120 miles per hour. The more damage inflicted results in weapons getting jammed, limbs flying off the robots body (not yours!) resulting in the robot shutting down.

The idea to build MegaBots started in the childhood dreams of each founder. However, the skills, means and opportunity to accomplish those goals didn’t present themselves until 2012 when Andrew Stroup and Gui Cavalcanti met as competitors on the Discovery Channel reality television show The Big Brain Theory: Pure Genius, an intense elimination-style engineering competition show. Starting on the show and continuing into the following year, Andrew and Gui spent countless hours designing and prototyping robotic components. After completing research and development, Andrew and Gui recruited Matt Oehrlein, an unrivaled controls engineer from the hacker/makerspace community. With these complementary skill sets and areas of expertise, MegaBots, Inc., accelerated to full throttle to bring these battling behemoths to life (from Megabots Press Kit).
These creators of the MegaBots remind me of Voltron or, as the younger generation would recognize, Power Rangers. They are all separate individuals with a set of skills but once they are grouped together they formed a huge battle machine called the MegaBot!
MegaBots, Inc has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to gather support for the first-ever giant robot battle league!

For more information or any press inquiries, please contact Andrew Stroup, Co-Founder of MegaBots, Inc., at press@megabots.com or 918.691.8755.

To learn more, please visit http://www.megabots.com or join the conversation at:

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Made in New York

Hey Y'all,
I work at the Mayor's Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting and am very proud of all we have accomplished. Every year that we celebrate individuals in our industry, I am not only celebrating for them but also for my City. New York is the only City I know who is referred to as a person. People always say "having New York in our film is having a celebrity talent that people can't wait to see." or "What do you think of NY? I think she's great!". 

The Made in New York Awards were presented on Monday June 4, 2012 at Gracie Mansion. Now in its seventh year, the event is bigger than ever and the honorees are some of the greatest actors working today. I think you guys will get a kick out of the Honorees speeches. A special appearance from Ben and Amy Stiller to present the Lifetime Achievement Award to their parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment Commissioner Katherine Oliver presented the seventh annual “Made in NY” Awards, honoring individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to various fields in the City’s entertainment and digital media industries. The 2012 “Made in NY” honorees include: Academy Award-winning actor, director, producer Robert De Niro; Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep; Academy Award, Emmy, Tony and Grammy winner Whoopi Goldberg; Emmy-winning actress and television host Kelly Ripa; award-winning media company @radical.media, which develops, produces and distributes innovative content across all forms of media; and New York City-based Kickstarter, the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects. This year’s “Made in NY” Mayor’s Award for Lifetime Achievement was presented to actors and legendary husband-and-wife comedy team Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. As part of the ceremony, Raven-Symoné and the cast of the Broadway musical Sister Act performed at the event at Gracie Mansion. The musical, which received five Tony Award nominations, features an original score by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater and is currently playing at the Broadway Theatre.  - Press release from OFTB.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

The Made in New York logo is my favorite and it's not just cause I work there. I am very proud to be born and raised in a City where so many want to live and strive in. The City that never sleeps and where dreams are made. I can't imagine living anywhere else. 

The event was a great turn out, guest appearances include Joan Rivers and Harvey Keitel. Delicious food spreads were set up all through out the tent. The weather held out which was great considering our event takes place in the back of Gracie under a tent. The view of the Triboro (RFK) and Hell Gate Bridge is amazing. 

These awards are just another way of viewing how special and beautiful My City is!