#robotics class in mckinney

[nightingaelic]

FO4 bots meeting FNV bots. Nick, Codsworth, DiMA, Ada, maybe the gen3 synths but they're pretty much just humans so idk... Yes Man, Victor, Muggy, ED-E, FISTO, etc. This is kind of a vague request so just do whatever you want with it *shrugs*

The AI's voice echoed warmly through the large conference room at the Tops Casino, hushing the assembled crowd. "I'm Mr. New Vegas, and I want to welcome you all, dear listeners, to the 41st National Robotics Expo. Vegas has been hosting this convention since 2037, and even though we skipped a few years, we're so happy to welcome it again. Let's get back to business."

A smattering of applause with a distinct metallic edge followed, which the automated DJ paused for before continuing in a tone as warm as the desert outside. "As most exhibitions do, let's begin by introducing our various delegations. We'll start with the home team, Securitrons by RobCo: RobCo Industries, automation designed and built for the private sector."

The Securitron in the back of the room with a cowboy on its screen waved. "Present!" he piped up in a southern drawl.

The robot next to him, identical in every way except for the woman's face on its screen, patted his arm. "Thank you, Victor."

"Yeah, thanks Victor!" added the Securitron with a permanent happy face on its screen. "It's not often I'm let out of my room, but it sure is nice to see another part of the hotel!"

Nick Valentine, who was sitting in the front with his arms crossed, looked down at the miniature Securitron that was pacing next to his seat. "Shouldn't you be back there with them?"

"With the House Industries bunch?" The cartoon-faced coffee mug on its screen looked up at him with an unchanging smile, but every word dripped with contempt. "Don't lump me in with them, gumshoe."

Nick frowned. "What's your name again?"

The robot gestured at its screen. "I'll give you three guesses."

"Cheeky little-"

"Ssshh." DiMA looked over from Nick's other side. "We're guests here, Nick."

"Next up we have the RobCo eyebots, both classic design and Duraframe-upgraded models," Mr. New Vegas continued, completely oblivious to the chatter in the room. A pair of eyebots on the left side of the room, one in bright Atom Cats paint and the other with haphazard shielding including a car license plate, began bobbing up and down and beeping ecstatically. A third model, outfitted with some kind of modification that crackled with blue energy, let loose a sonic blast that shook dust off the ceiling. The crowd tittered, but the courier accompanying the license-plated eyebot just laughed.

"I know folks, I know, it's a day full of excitement, but let's get through our list," Mr. New Vegas said smoothly, evidently worried that the eyebot was going to shake the room's speakers loose. "Moving on to the assaultrons, something you don't see often out here in the Mojave. Welcome, ladies."

"The pleasure's all mine," replied KL-E-0 from her seat behind Nick. The Goodneighbor trader was reclining precariously on the conference room chair, with her frame's considerable weight straining the piece of furniture's limits. She didn't appear particularly concerned though, given the way she was examining her claws the way an uninterested woman examines her nails.

"Preliminary adjustments to statistical models complete," added PAM, who was seated next to KL-E-0 in a much more attentive position. "Commencing introduction. I was, am, and will most likely be an assaultron."

"An astute calculation," agreed Ada. She was standing next to PAM and KL-E-0, as her own modified frame would not let her sit down.

"Objection." A mechanical voice rang out from the back. "Petition to acquire the modified assaultron model into the protectron class. Model clearly uses more protectron parts than assaultron."

"Stand down, Mr. First Mate," ordered the exasperated sentry bot parked next to the protectron that had spoken up. "We must show a certain measure of decorum, in these waters."

Ada rotated her head all the way around to face the first mate. "Acknowledged. I am willing to re-categorize myself if requested."

"Baby, don't let him talk you into anything you're not comfortable with," KL-E-0 replied, uncrossing her metal legs.

"Next we have the workhorses of the robotic world, the protectrons," Mr. New Vegas cut in, once again oblivious.

"Sound off!" the first mate ordered.

"Howdy pardner! Primm Slim at your service!"

"ナンニシマスカ?"

"I'm NIRA, your friendly Nuka-World Informational Robotic Assistant. Is this your first visit to Nuka-World?"

"Fully Integrated Security Technetronic Officer active and reporting for duty."

Nick made a face after the last one. "Fisto? What kind of-"

"And rounding out the RobCo set, our sentry bot representative, who I understand is responsible for our Commonwealth friends' safe arrival."

"A fine voyage for a fine vessel!" Captain Ironsides said jovially. "Our mission was a glorious success, the first of many for the pride of our navy!"

"Thank you, Captain," Mr. New Vegas replied, with a hint of amusement in his announcer's voice. "Now for RobCo's greatest partner and competitor, General Atomics International: The finest industrial robots in the world!"

The collection of Mister Handy and Miss Nanny robots on the right side of the room perked up and began applauding. "Spot on!" Codsworth said, at the front of the crowd.

"Let's start where General Atomics started, with the classic Mister Handy model. I see we have a few who made the trip with the USS Constitution."

"Present!" Codsworth answered.

"Fresh lemonade here!" cried Deezer at the same time, attempting to distribute dented cans to everyone within reach of him.

"Don't burden this lot wiv your swill, Deezer," said Whitechapel Charlie, collecting the cans as quickly as they were handed out.

"Wonderful, wonderful. Now let's hear it for the ladies again, our elegant Miss Nanny robots!"

"Hello!" said Pearl and Miss Edna, bobbing in place and prettily snapping their little claws.

"Merci beaucoup," added Curie, who was seated with the group, despite having shed her Miss Nanny frame in favor of a synth body months ago. Nick grinned.

"Objection." The first mate, despite not having a face, appeared absolutely scandalized by this development. Captain Ironsides was having none of it, however, and bopped the protectron on the head with his minigun arm.

"Maybe I should look into getting a synth upgrade," Mr. New Vegas mused. "Finishing out General Atomics are the robobrains, once human like any wastelander, now showcasing the best in technology that pre-war America can offer."

"Thank you, thank you so much," said Gilda Broscoe, who breezed up to the room's stage. She had decorated her shiny brain dome for the occasion with an enormous hat sprouting peacock feathers, and she grabbed the stage's microphone with practiced ease. It wasn't on, but that didn't appear to be enough to stop her. "Thank you all so much for this opportunity. I'd like to thank my studio, Starlight Cinemas, and of course my beloved Keith McKinney-"

"Get off the stage!" yelled the other present robobrain, Jezebel. "My orders from the Mechanist didn't include listening to you drone on about your fantastic former life!"

"-of course, I feel I have to thank my dear Santiago, Santiago, you were such an inspiration even if you couldn't bear the thought of us parting-"

Curie shifted uncomfortably in her chair. "Mademoiselle, might it not be better to wait and see-"

"Get off the stage, you old bat!" yelled Muggy, who appeared to share Jezebel's feelings.

"-and I'd like to thank that bitch Vera Keyes for passing on the role so that I could give it my own, personal touch. Thank you everyone, and good night!" Gilda let go of the microphone and curtseyed as best she could with treads. A few robots clapped, while the courier in the back stiffened and looked at the robobrain actress with wide eyes.

"Only one category left, folks, and then we can start the planned festivities," Mr. New Vegas went on. "Now for a Commonwealth Institute of Technology original, the prototype synth model. Only two in the world, and we're lucky enough to have both of them with us today."

DiMA turned around to wave to the other bots, while Nick sank deeper into his chair and pulled his hat down. "Christ."

"Objec-" The first mate didn't even get the full word out before Captain Ironsides bonked him again.

"And that concludes the introductory portion of the expo!" Mr. New Vegas paused. "Unless there's anyone I've inadvertently left out."

"Me!"

The curtain on the stage behind Gilda flew open, revealing a toaster placed on top of a stool. Gilda let out a theatrical gasp and rolled backwards, giving way to the appliance's maniacal laughter.

"Ahahaha! I am online once again!" the toaster cried. "Tremble, world, before my electric heating coil of doom! You thought you could silence me by drowning me in a bathtub, but I swore you would rue the day you had bread and no way to toast it!"

The courier in the back jumped out of their chair. "Oh shit."

"That's right, buddy, the day of bread has come!" With a ding, two slices of C-4 plastic explosive popped up from the toaster's slots. "Cower before my nuclear fire!"

Mild panic swept the room of robots. Gilda fainted dead away on the stage. Nick eased up off his chair. "Talk about delusions of grandeur. I've seen more intimidating appliances in a scrap heap."

"How dare you!" the toaster screamed. "I am the scourge of all small appliances and the bogeyman that keeps lesser toasters awake at night!"

"You're the scourge of breakfast, I'll give you that," Nick answered with a smirk. He tried not to draw attention to the courier that was inching their way to the stage. "But you're low on the ladder of bogeymen, compared to the ones I've dealt with."

"NAME THE ONES MORE FEARSOME THAN I!" the toaster demanded.

"An interesting development here at the Tops, folks," Mr. New Vegas commented. "The crowd appears to have been taken hostage by a rogue toaster."

Nick started counting off adversaries on his metal hand. "Well, there's the Rust Devils, the Gunners a few times, the Pack and all of their angry critters, the Disciples and the Operators, can't forget the Triggermen and Skinny Malone, plus his doll Darla..."

The toaster let out another frenzied laugh. "Nothing but bags of meat, easily toasted in-"

Its speech died mid-sentence, and the courier emerged from behind the curtain holding its electrical cord. "That takes care of that."

Nick winked at them. "Good on you, kid. Should we get on with the shindig?"

[icodeschool-blog]

We had a blast at Roy Lee Walker Elementary School's Fall Festival Friday night! Thank you to Walker Elementary PTA for having us!

[moteloleander]

I tried to call a meeting in the Planning Stage between the two fandoms currently clashing for brainspace.

[The Angel skitters past the front row.  I grab her by the elbow.]

 - What are you doing here?

A:  Well, Quinn’s here, and I very much informed Quinn, so I should be here.

[Jim slopes by while I have my hands full with her]

J:  Yeah, and you used your experience with me for writing Shrike, and likely would again on White Rose so - Dani, love, come on, I’m saving a seat here.

- Oh, and who did you influence so heartily they can’t be discussed without you?

D:  In this pack, I’m not sure.  But there’s usually someone.  Oh, look, there’s Annaliese

 - COME ON!  I wrote Annaliese last night, there’s no way-

D:  Ah, but she’s been around since last summer when you decided you wanted to give Allen a present, and you did roll around in here pissed one night declaring that her and I would have shared classes at university had I not dropped out.  Thanks for that.

[In the meantime I’ve been occupied with that lot, the room has gotten rather more full than was ever expected.]

- No.  No.  I only requested the presence of two groups, count ‘ em, two!  What are you four doing here?!

[Dessie, Lee, Mercy and Nora are leaning against the back wall.]

Mercy:  You said ‘horsemen’.

- Magicolegal horsemen not apocalyptica horsemen, my mistake.  Now fuck off.

[Quinn and Petey Scooby around the edge of a door]

Q:  Is clown attendance required?

- NO!

Q:  Why the hell not?

[In they come and sit down with arms folded looking wildly unimpressed.  By now the sheer size of the crowd is drawing more crowd.  Anna Dante sticks her head through the wall, Laura Howlett is perched on the back of a chair in the back row, Jessica Apple thinks its a party, Seb has brought popcorn and Charlie is throwing it into Dani’s hair.  I am behind a pillar having a sobbing breakdown.  One of the few characters I actually wanted to talk to comes and slumps in front of me.]

Darlene:  You want me to slap you?

 - Yes please, love.

[A swift sharp crack and I am back on my feet]

 - RIGHT!  If I do not call your name you are not welcome and shall fuck off, alright?  All magicolegal Horsemen, Allen and Annaliese, Chase, Mandy-  [A woman shuffling out of the third row in pig mask and red-lined robe sits back down] - ...McKinney!

[Ragged Semi-Feral Barely-Socialized Mandy tugs ont he sleeve of Second-Generation-Charming-Mentalist Mandy and mumbles something through a Texas accent so thick no one else can make it out]

2nd-G-C-M-M:  Good point.  She wants to know which of us you mean?

- Both, for now.  I’ll have decided on one or the other of you soon enough...

[large collective gasp, relative quiet.]

Petrova:  Oh, please.  It’s what she does.  There’s so many of me in me it’s a miracle I’m not totally schizo.   [Elliot shifts uncomfortably.  Darlene gets ready to go to war but he tugs her back down in her seat.  He is, for the record, sporting a rather charming pair of brass-framed goggles]   ...No offence.

- You were told to leave!

P:  You can’t talk to me like that anymore!

[By now Dessie has fetched Cal to come and take her away]

-  ...And anybody belonging directly to the Season One Robot-verse.  Ray, get out of here before I tell everybody in whatever horrible federal prison is too good for you that you used to be a warden!  Everybody else fuck off!

[As a great number shuffle out, Big Phil and White Rose appear on my left, Dylan and Allen on my right.  They have been watching all of this, being cat-herders themselves.  John Kramer was with them but has politely left, considering he’s not in either of the required fandoms and knows I will consult him on mechanics as and when.  He’s a good lad, our Jigsaw]

Rosie:  ...Would you like to know how we would have handled it?

- ...Y’know what, you two are barely in season one, you can fuck off about your business and all.  I don’t need to consult you.

[It does not pain them to leave because they know everything anyway.]

Allen:  We had a few ideas too, how that might have gone better...

 - Well, big son, you I need.  And you, I like.  But if you don’t shut up and join your mates down there in the stalls by the count of ten I swear to God I will rip the moustache clean off your face, how’s that?

[Dylan and Allen join their side of the aisle.  It’s not like a wedding, more a reading of the will.]

- As you all know my brainspace is limited and rather preoccupied at the moment.  I need to work and can’t work on anything real but feel guilty about working on something not real.  Therefore, it is out of the question to work on both of you.

[Edward is listening from the other side of the door to the backstairs]

E:  Oh, it’s us!  Come on, she’s built a whole Tesla-punk zone down in the basement, it’s like the Crystal Maze down there!  Screw you, magic man!  We’re gonna party like it’s 1899!

[Darlene sits up straighter, turning in her seat]

D:  Who was that?

- Darlene, no!

D:  Darlene yes!

- Darlene you can’t, you’ll break the universe!

[The Wellick bodyguard positions himself in front of the door.  He is in full pinstripes-and-brass already.  He is an early adopter and looks chuffed with himself.  I gave him some Pringles.  Darlene sits back down.]

Jack:  It’s not you anyway.  

Merritt  He’s right.  You heard the lady.  her head’s all messed up just at the mo...  And she finds us comforting.

Henley:  We’re easy like that.  [Danny blushes fiercely...]

Dylan:  Straightforward threat-and-reward, just twisty enough that she can still feel smart while she works.

Mobley:  Our season is written, it’s just a tech translation.

Lula:  Exactly.  How much fun could that possibly be?  Not to mention, you people are really depressing, I mean-

Darlene:  What did you say?  What did this bitch just say about us?

[And that’s how I ended up slipping out the back while Darlene and Lula tried to claw each others eyes out and Jack and Elliot tried to break it up.  I figure whoever’s left standing I’ll just write about.]

[tuseriesdetv]

Noticias de series de la semana: Más Brooklyn, más Chicago

Renovaciones

NBC ha renovado Brooklyn Nine-Nine por una séptima temporada

NBC ha renovado Chicago Fire por una octava temporada

NBC ha renovado Chicago PD por una séptima temporada

NBC ha renovado Chicago Med por una quinta temporada

BBC One ha renovado Death in Paradise por una novena y una décima temporada

Cinemax ha renovado Strike Back por una octava y última temporada

Acorn TV ha renovado Agatha Raisin por una tercera temporada

CBS All Access ha renovado Star Trek: Discovery por una tercera temporada

Noticias cortas

Nicollette Sheridan (Alexis) abandonará Dynasty. Podrían buscar a otra actriz para reemplazarla.

FOX deberá pagar 179 millones de dólares a los participantes de beneficios de Bones, puesto que los altos ejecutivos subestimaron los ingresos y dieron falso testimonio en un intento de ocultar sus actos ilícitos.

Aude Legastelois (Madeleine Dumas) será regular en la novena temporada de Death in Paradise.

Sohvi Rodriguez (Mia Trujillo) será regular en la cuarta temporada de Animal Kingdom.

Tyson Ritter (Humperdoo) será regular en la cuarta temporada de Preacher.

Arden Myrin (Regina Sinclair) será regular en la segunda temporada de Insatiable.

AMC prepara un nuevo spin-off de The Walking Dead.

Incorporaciones y fichajes

Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother, Rise) será Lonny Flash, una estrella de cine y miembro encubierto de los cazadores, en The Hunt.

Reid Scott (Veep, The Big C) será Eli, un escritor casado en 2018, en Why Women Kill.

Ray Liotta (Goodfellas, Hannibal) se une a The Many Saints of Newark, la película precuela de The Sopranos.

Seth Rogen (Superbad, Pineapple Express) protagonizará un episodio de The Twilight Zone.

Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break, Deception) y Dohn Norwood (The Sinner, Hell on Wheels) se unen a Hightown. Serán Frankie Alvarez, líder del opio; y Alan Saintille, policía estatal.

Rebecca Hall (The Prestige, Vicky Cristina Barcelona) protagonizará Tales From the Loop. Será Loretta, una física privilegiada.

Nathan Lane (Modern Family, The Good Wife) será Lewis Michener, veterano de la policía de Los Ángeles que se convierte en compañero y mentor de Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto), en Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.

Felix Mallard (Happy Together, Neighbours) será recurrente en Locke & Key como Lucas Caravaggio, adolescente cuya exposición a la magia trae serias complicaciones.

Angus Macfadyen (Chuck, Californication) será Aleister Crowley, el líder de Thelema, en la segunda temporada de Strange Angel. Matthew Barnes (Atlanta) será recurrente como Wallace, agente de inteligencia a cargo de la seguridad del equipo de cohetería.

Desmin Borges (You're the Worst), Ashleigh LaThrop (The Kominsky Method, Sirens), Farrah Mackenzie (Logan Lucky) y Christopher Denham (Billions, Manhattan) se unen a Utopia. Serán Wilson Wilson, Becky, Alice y Arby.

James Remar (Dexter, Black Lightning) y Gloria Reuben (Mr. Robot, ER) serán recurrentes en City on a Hill como Richy, el padre de Frankie (Jonathan Tucker) y Jimmy (Mark O'Brien); y Eloise, la madre de Siobhan (Lauren E. Banks).

Rekha Sharma (Battlestar Galactica, The 100) será recurrente en Limetown como Sadia Latifi, agente del FBI encargada de vigilar a Lia (Jessica Biel).

Amanda Payton (Trial & Error, Animal Kingdom) se une como regular a Code 404.

Rosa Gilmore (The Other Two, The Handmaid's Tale), Keon Alexander (Impulse, Tyrant) y Jess Salgueiro (The Boys, Channel Zero) serán recurrentes en la cuarta temporada de The Expanse.

Joshua Orpin (The Neon Spectrum) será Superboy en la segunda temporada de Titans.

Pollyanna McIntosh (The Walking Dead, Hap and Leonard) será recurrente en la segunda temporada de Lodge 49 como Clara, una emisaria británica amiga de Connie (Linda Emond).

Glynn Turman (House of Lies, The Wire) será recurrente en la tercera temporada de Claws como Calvin, padre de Desna (Niecy Nash) y Dean (Harold Perrineau).

Pósters

            Nuevas series

Julia Roberts (Homecoming, Erin Brockovich) está en conversaciones para protagonizar y producir Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win, adaptación de la novela de Jo Piazza (2018) sobre una mujer que deja su trabajo como ejecutiva de Silicon Valley y se muda con su familia a su pueblo natal de Pensilvania para poder presentarse a senadora en unas elecciones que deciden el balance de poder en el Congreso. Escrita por Jon Robin Baitz (The Slap, Brothers & Sisters).

La segunda serie original sudafricana de Netflix es Blood & Water, drama sobre un adolescente que descubre el pasado secreto de su familia mientras navega en el complicado mundo del instituto. Dirigida por Nosipho Dumisa (Nommer 37) y escrita por Daryne Joshua y Travis Taute.

FX ha encargado una comedia, aún sin título, basada en la vida del rapero y comediante Lil Dicky.

HBO encarga ocho episodios de We Are Who We Are, sobre dos adolescentes italianos que se descubren a sí mismos mientras viven en una base militar. Escrita y dirigida por Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Suspiria).

ITV encarga seis episodios de Glass Houses, drama creado y escrito por Mark Brotherhood (Mount Pleasant, Shameless) sobre la reacción de una pequeña comunidad costera ante los detalles que ha contado una vecina cotilla a un periodista radiofónico. Protagonizado por Dawn French (The Wrong Mans, Delicious), Mark Heap (Upstart Crow, Friday Night Dinner), Julie Hesmondhalgh (Broadchurch, Cucumber), Vicki Pepperdine (Sally4Ever, Camping) y Patrick Robinson (Casualty, Mount Pleasant).

Luz verde directa en Netflix a diez episodios de The Baby-Sitters Club, adaptación de las novelas de Ann M. Martin. Escrita por Rachel Shukert (GLOW, Supergirl).

Syfy ha encargado Resident Alien, comedia adaptación del cómic sobre un alien que llega a la Tierra con la misión de destruir la humanidad y toma la identidad de un doctor de Colorado. Escrita y producida por Chris Sheridan (Family Guy). Protagonizada por Alan Tudyk (Doom Patrol, Suburgatory), Sara Tomko (Once Upon a Time, Sneaky Pete), Corey Reynolds (The Closer, Murder in the First), Alice Wetterlund (People of Earth, Silicon Valley) y Levi Fiehler (Mars, The Fosters).

Freeform encarga Motherland, sobre un mundo alternativo en el que las brujas aceptaron luchar por su país hace trescientos años a cambio de no ser perseguidas y, en la actualidad, varias chicas jóvenes son entrenadas en Fort Salem. Protagonizada por Kelcey Mawema (Deadly Class, To All the Boys I've Loved Before), Jessica Sutton (The Kissing Booth, Escape Room), Taylor Hickson (Deadly Class, Aftermath), Amalia Holm (Playground) y Demetria McKinney (House of Payne, Saints & Sinners).

Fechas

La vigésima temporada de Midsomer Murders se estrena en ITV el 10 de marzo

La segunda temporada de Timewasters se estrena en ITV2 el 11 de marzo

Cheat se estrena en ITV el 11 de marzo

La segunda temporada de The OA llega a Netflix el 22 de marzo

La segunda temporada de The Tick llega a Amazon el 5 de abril

La cuarta temporada de Life in Pieces se estrena en CBS el 18 de abril

La quinta temporada de Bosch llega a Amazon el 19 de abril

La segunda temporada de Pure se estrena en WGN America el 28 de mayo

When They See Us llega a Netflix el 31 de mayo

Tráilers y promos

When They See Us

Bosch - Temporada 5

The Tick - Temporada 2

His Dark Materials

Arrested Development - Temporada 5b

Turn Up Charlie

The Bay

The Code

Fosse/Verdon

[icodeschool-blog]

Are you wondering what your child will be learning at iCode McKinney? Here is a list of the coding and programming languages that we teach. 

[icodeschool-blog]

We had a blast supporting McKinney Chamber of Commerce today in welcoming the new teachers toMcKinney Independent School District. We love having the opportunity to engage in the community and wish all teachers a wonderful start to the new school year!

[icodeschool-blog]

Code McKinney Grand Opening!!! iCode McKinney invites you to be among the first to see our brand new facility. Please join us, as we host our open house on June 2nd. Learn more about our summer camps, after-school enrichment programs, and special community events. Refreshments will be served and special prizes will be raffled. You will also have the opportunity to interact with our brand new technology, full iMac labs, Drones, Raspberry Pi’s, Robots, Makey Makeys, and so much more! We hope to have you, as a part of the iCode McKinney family! Please visit our website icodeschool.com/mckinney and RSVP for the event.

[icodeschool-blog]

We want to say thank you to everyone who joined us for Trick-or Tech over the weekend! We had such a blast, our next family event will be the Life of Pi on Nov. 24. Be on the lookout for more information.

[icodeschool-blog]

Join us Friday, September 21st for a Free Family Game Night!! We will host a gaming competition and crash course in game design. Learn more about iCode’s curriculum and sign up for a tour and complimentary assessment. There’ll be snacks and fun all around. Don't forget to visit the event page to RSVP!