Yours truly knows exactly how determined one needs to be to accomplish the dignity of Eagle Scout, but it surely’s getting a heck of a good deal easier for the more modern offspring of this world. This month last year, we saw the Games merit badge sashay in to make all the others seem inadequate, and now, there’s another that’ll likely have your nerd-of-a-child clamoring to fit up in blue or brown. The Robotics merit badge was just made official throughout the Boy Scouts of America, falling nicely right into a sect that promotes science, technology, engineering and math. Officials are purportedly expecting some 10,000 or so of the nation’s 2.7 million Scouts to earn this badge in the next dozen months, with those that decide to accomplish that required to “design and build a robot while learning about robot movement, sensors and programming.” Thankfully for aspiring Ben Heckendorns , we’re told that “even some game controllers may be considered robots,” proving that we’re only one leap of religion clear of a bona fide Hacking badge. Hey, they need us to Be Prepared, right?
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