Name: Detroit Autonomous Vehicle Adventure Kids Hackathon
Start: 2019-05-11T08:30:00-04:00
End: 2019-05-12T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Lawrence Technological University

Detroit Autonomous Vehicle Adventure Kids Hackathon

Detroit Autonomous Vehicle Group/Ann Arbor Autonomous Vehicle Group

Description: The purpose of this event is for kids to learn theory and get hands-on with introduction to Machine Vision, Self-Driving Cars, Python, and Robotics while having fun. Saturday will start with theory followed by afternoon of making self-driving kit cars work (kits will be provided for free; $0). On Sunday, things will get more interesting/fun, the kids will race their cars and get scored on different categories such as creativity, teamwork, and speed. This way Saturday is all about learning and building while Sunday is all about celebrating success. Our hope is to motivate kids to keep working on this and/or other similar projects beyond this weekend, and possibly even become active members of the 'DIY Robocars' global community. All of the participants will receive an autonomous car as well as other goodies at no cost.
Bonus Prizes: 
Prize 1 --> 2 winners will receive a gift voucher to be redeemed for a single full day <A HREF="https://www.acceleratekid.com/camps/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">AccelerateKID® 2019 Summer Tech Camp</A>. Enter to win --> <A HREF="https://www.acceleratekid.com/contest/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.acceleratekid.com/contest/</A>
Prize 2 will be raffled off on Sunday, May 12th in honor of Mother's Day --> Free one-hour family or portrait photo session with the amazing <A HREF="http://www.ellenaphoto.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ellena Photography</A>
Mission Statement: Involve Community & Democratize Technology by Doing
Age group: 12-17 years old 
What you will learn: Intro to Machine Vision, Self-Driving Cars, Python, Robotics
Instructions to complete registration:
1. Please submit only one form per child
2. All registrations are final
3. Every participant gets a free ($0) OpenMV self-driving RC car (~$100 value)
Agenda:
Saturday
08:00 - 08:30 --> Arrive/Breakfast
09:00 - 09:30 --> Introductions
09:30 - 12:00 --> Python/Mechatronics Basics
12:00 - 13:00 --> Lunch
13:00 - 17:30 --> Hack-Away on self-driving kit cars
 
Sunday (games/simulators for kids after 'Final Race', including a Formula 1 simulator)
08:30 - 09:00 --> Breakfast
09:00 - 10:30 --> Final Race Prep
10:30 - 11:30 --> Final Race
11:30 - 12:00 --> Awards
12:00 - 13:00 --> Lunch
13:00 - 14:00 --> Lightning Talks
14:00 - 15:00 --> OmniSci Presentation on 'Accelerated Cloud Computing'
15:00 - 16:00 --> Autonomous shuttle rides or autonomous RC cars demos'
16:00 - 17:00 --> Wrap Up/Networking
 
Sponsored by: 
1. <A HREF="https://auto-sens.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">AutoSens</A>
Event Partners:
1. Ann Arbor Autonomous Vehicle Group Meetup
2. Michigan Self Driving Tech Meetup

Lawrence Technological University

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