Technically Philly » Wii http://technicallyphilly.com Covering the Community of People Who Use Technology in Philadelphia. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:46:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Lockheed Martin engineers get a chance to play on Space Day http://technicallyphilly.com/2009/04/16/lockheed-martin-engineers-get-a-chance-to-play-on-space-day http://technicallyphilly.com/2009/04/16/lockheed-martin-engineers-get-a-chance-to-play-on-space-day#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:25:48 +0000 Brian James Kirk http://technicallyphilly.com/?p=2082 wiiremote

There’s something about Lockheed Martin’s Space Day plans that reminds us of the 1983 geekcult classic WarGames.

Maryland-based Lockheed Martin, which has offices throughout the region, including Cherry Hill, and is usually embroiled in our ongoing coverage of scary regional military tech innovation (yes, we’re considering a regular category), is doing something for the kids.

The company plans to ooh-and-ahh middle-schoolers by showing off human-computer interaction concepts with Nintendo Wii remotes, according to a press release.

The demonstrations will take place on May 1 at Lockheed’s Advanced Technology Laboratories locations in New Jersey and Virginia in celebration of the company’s international Space Day, its effort to scout K-12 geeks globally.

“Shall we play a game?”


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