$2500 Check: Cyber Techies finalist in Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow Competition
The Cyber Techies, a new student organization at Jimmy Carter Early College High School, has been named a state finalist in Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow national STEM competition.
The organization was among the top 300 finalists out of over 1,000 submissions across the United States. The team earned a $2,500 award, which will be used for classroom technology and supplies, and has moved into phase 2 of the competition. A state win would yield winnings of $12,000 for the newly inaugurated organization.
Nathan Duncan, the president of Cyber Techies, said that he and his friend Christopher Avalos came up with the idea for this club during their second-period class. They made a Google Form to see if anyone was interested in joining, then pitched the idea to the principal.
“It’s gonna teach them about technology, programming, robotics, things that the world needs and is being built on,” Duncan said.
The Cyber Techies considered problems worldwide and focused on an issue that inspired them to solve a pressing need for parents; they are developing an intelligent sensor to be used in vehicles and child carriers to alert parents of the safety risk.
The sensor is to be placed under the fabric of car seats to detect a child’s body heat.