The stuff some of the kids come up with for these contests is somteimes quite amazing. I tagged along witha friend that was judgin g a local one last year and this one group of grade school kids (like 5th or 6th graders) built the most amazing robot I've ever seen....made me feel kind of embarassed about the handbuilt robot I had made for my senior design project as an EE undergrad. I think the advantage the kids have is that their imaginations have no grounding in what can realistically be accomplished. They seem to just try something without worrying about whether or nit it will work. Sometimes having experience doing things can make you a little jaded and doubt what you're doing.
I know this has been said quite a bit, but do what makes you happy, not what makes you the most money. You don't want to force your way through a college program you hate and end up in a boring job you hate just because you make loads of cash. The rest of your life will suffer.
But as far as the hardware/software question, learn about hardware. You can always pick up programming in your spare time.
but he does live in a cave - maybe he's training the bats to be his evil army of the night. I'm sure you could strap some grenads to them and then make them fly into crowded areas....
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The stuff some of the kids come up with for these contests is somteimes quite amazing. I tagged along witha friend that was judgin g a local one last year and this one group of grade school kids (like 5th or 6th graders) built the most amazing robot I've ever seen....made me feel kind of embarassed about the handbuilt robot I had made for my senior design project as an EE undergrad. I think the advantage the kids have is that their imaginations have no grounding in what can realistically be accomplished. They seem to just try something without worrying about whether or nit it will work. Sometimes having experience doing things can make you a little jaded and doubt what you're doing.
FYI, Cingular uses GSM as well. The interesting one to look into is how Sprint & Nextel are getting along - their services are completely different.
I know this has been said quite a bit, but do what makes you happy, not what makes you the most money. You don't want to force your way through a college program you hate and end up in a boring job you hate just because you make loads of cash. The rest of your life will suffer.
But as far as the hardware/software question, learn about hardware. You can always pick up programming in your spare time.
but he does live in a cave - maybe he's training the bats to be his evil army of the night. I'm sure you could strap some grenads to them and then make them fly into crowded areas....