If you're from another FIRST team, we encourage you to visit this area
regularly, as it contains information and links to information that
we think may be of use, especially to a new FIRST team. There are also
some "declassified" Woburn documents that we think may be of use.
The Season section puts many more season-specific resources at
your fingertips, so be sure to view it.
FIRST Resources
| Title |
Description |
Type |
| FIRST |
If you haven't visited this site yet, you really, really should! |
Website |
| Chief Delphi |
A massive FIRST forum community built by Team 47 is unprecedented |
Website |
| Innovation FIRST |
The official electronics supplier of FIRST. |
Website |
| Official FIRST Logo |
FIRST is very strict about their Service mark / Registered Trademark and people keep requesting at Ask 188 where to find a proper logo; here it is! |
Image |
| An Old FIRST Presentation |
One of the best description of FIRST we've found on the internet, perfect for evangelism and presentations. |
Powerpoint |
Robot Related Resources
| Title |
Description |
Type |
| FIRST CAD Library |
A place to check out and download from if you are doing CAD |
Website |
| Small Parts |
Official part supplier of FIRST with a catalogue teams should look at |
Website |
| Chief Delphi White Papers |
One of the best description of FIRST we've found on the internet, perfect for evangelism and presentations. |
Website/Other |
| Team 188 Gearbox White Paper |
A white paper on design process for the six-motor, two-speed drive train, as seen on Blizzard V |
PDF |
Website Resources
| Title |
Description |
Type |
| Matt's Scripts |
This website has been running since 1995, constantly providing new and updated scripts to be improved and used.
Look around, you might find a script that fits perfectly for your website. |
Website |
| Tizag Tutorials |
A great tutorial and reference website for HTML, PHP, CSS, JAVA, ASP and many more languages |
Website |
| Readability Tester |
The title says it all! This great tool gives you a general idea of how 'readable' your website is. |
Website |
| WhoIs Lookup |
Find detailed information about your website including but not limited to the type of server it is running on, the owner, and the IP address! |
Website |
| HEX Colour Generator |
Have you found the perfect shade of red you wanted to put on your website? Get its HEX code to ensure maximum cross browser compability! |
Website |
| Browser Shots |
Check if your website is compatible with world's 91 different browsers and their older versions! Yep, there are 91 different versions of known internet browsers! |
Website |
| Clean CSS |
Want to speed up the initial loading time of your website? Team 188's CSS code was reduced by 53%! Think you can beat us? |
Website |
| W3 Validator |
If your website passes this test, I am pretty sure that you have a website renders perfectly in every known web browser in the universe! |
Website |
Chairman's Award Entries
Woodie Flowers Award Entries
Miscellaneous
| Title |
Description |
Type |
| SCF (RIT) |
The Society Of College FIRST-a-holics; for those graduates still involved heavily |
Website |
| Woburn Collegiate Institute |
This one goes without saying, the official website of the home of Team 188 |
Website |
| Woburn Music |
A great website for a great music program |
Website |
| Woburn Tech Robotics |
Not officially affiliated with Team 188, but an example of great woburn robots |
Website |
Features & Team 188 Specials
| Title |
Description |
Type |
| On FIRST |
A short article on why a student values the philosophy of FIRST so adamantly. |
Article |
| The Chairman's Award |
A resource on our Chairman's Submissions in the past and why 188 is a "Chairman's Team" |
Special |
| Rookie Interview |
We caught up with a rookie member in his first year on the team; here is what he had to say. |
Special |
| Blizzard Theme Song |
What you gonna do when the Blizzard hits? |
Song |
| Lego League Experience |
An article on how Team 188 became a rookie team, the second time! |
Article |
| Parliamentary Address |
Here, our Member of Parliament gets us on the record in the House of Commons. |
Speech |
| Canada Computer |
Along with some of Woburn's other amazing clubs, we are mentioned in Canada Computer's issue. |
Article |
| On Woburn |
Quick overview of Woburn Collegiate Institute, home of Team 188! |
Article |
| Webmaster's Thoughts |
Some background information on the current website, which was redesigned in 2010. |
Special |
| 188 Wallpapers |
You know you want it... |
Special |