On February 18th Go-First visited us for a presentation and demonstration of Project54. Noel Gould, co-founder of Go-First, has brought the group to visit the project for the past two years. Go-First is an organization that introduces young people to public safety, health, environmental and technological careers (with particular attention on first responder occupations) and engages them through hands on experiences provided by professionals within these fields. Nate Purmort, assisted by Matt Lape, introduced the project to the 19 students ranging in ages from 13-16. Nate did a great job explaining and demonstrating the project to the group. There were a few students that had been in the Go-First group from last year so they were already familiar with project54. After learning about the project the students were given the opportunity to try the system and then they were introduced to the driving simulator where they were able to experience driving while trying to use the computer simultaneously. Alex Shyrokov demonstrated the simulator with a number of driving scenarios and weather conditions. Of course being of ages 13-16 most of them had not driven before and it showed! It was a good group of kids and the time flew. Their next stop after visiting us was a tour of UNH’s Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) department. We look forward to having Go-First visit again next year.
To view photos of the visit go to www.flickr.com/photos/eceblogger
~Erika