“Coding Tomorrow”, a joint project of Vodafone Turkey Foundation and Habitat Association “BEST4City: Smart Cities Hackathon”, organized for high school students as part of the project, was concluded. The “Atatürk Robotic” team came first in the hackathon, in which a total of 48 young people took part. Technology vouchers were given to the winning teams to help them develop their ideas and projects.

Vodafone Turkey Foundation and Habitat Association carried out by “Coding Tomorrow” project continues to prepare children and young people for the digital future. As part of the project, a hackathon was organized for high school students, reaching more than 260 thousand children across Turkey. “BEST4City: Smart Cities Hackathon” by name Istanbul is on Facebook Station physically organized and total 14 teams in case of 48 students young people developed projects on the Ardunio programming platform to transform their city into a smarter and more sustainable city.

The Hackathon consisted of Enes Demirezen, İslam Tutar, Muhammed Şerif Arpacıoğlu and Deniz Tunç. “Ataturk Robotics” team first; From Poyraz Öztok and Murat Halim Kömürcü formed “Future Energy” team second; From Şifagülsüm Koca and Beyzagül Taşkın formed “Wabi Sabi” team placed third.

Hasan Süel, Chairman of Vodafone Turkey Foundation, said:

“As Vodafone Turkey Foundation and Habitat Association, we continue with great determination the ‘Coding Tomorrow’ project, which we started 6 years ago with the aim of preparing generations for the digital future. ‘With our project ‘Coding Tomorrow’, We want to contribute to the education of a generation that produces, not consumes. To date, we have taught coding to more than 260 thousand children in 81 provinces. In addition to training, we strive for our children and young people to find solutions to concrete social problems with hackathons and idea marathons. Today, the importance of sustainable urban living is increasing day by day. At the same time, smart city applications are rapidly becoming widespread. In the event we organized under the name ‘BEST4City: Smart Cities Hackathon’, we offered high school students the opportunity to generate ideas for living in a smart city in harmony with nature. We congratulate all teams deemed worthy of the award and wish them the best of luck.”

Sezai Ready, Habitat Association Chairman of the Board he said:

“As part of the ‘Coding Tomorrow’ project, we are proud to see these beautiful works to the point we reached 6 years ago. Smart cities have an important place in the 2030 targets. Technology plays a major role in our fight against the climate crisis. Our hope grows with the projects developed by children in hackathons, the concrete results of our training courses. The smart city projects developed by the teams in the ‘BEST4City: Smart Cities Hackathon’ show once again that children are very interested in this topic. We will continue to develop children’s technological skills and explain the importance of sustainability for a sustainable planet. We will continue to provide all possible mentorship support to help the projects participating in the event come to life. I wish the top three teams the best of luck.”

Two-day intensive program

As part of “BEST4City: Smart Cities Hackathon” to students For two days, trainings were given on topics such as smart cities, three-dimensional design, business canvas, lean canvas and Arduino programming platform. At the end of the second day, the jury presentations were made and the top 3 teams were determined. As part of the hackathon, students received mentoring support from volunteer trainers, Habitat Association staff and Vodafone Turkey Foundation volunteers.

Creative ideas appreciated

Hackathon Winner “Ataturk Robotics” In the team’s project, the waste thrown into the garbage is separated into different areas for recycling. In the project, which uses vision processing technology, people make money with the cryptocurrency called “Garbage Coin” in exchange for the garbage thrown into the box. second place “Future Energy” The project developed by the team includes a smart robot that directly detects the mineral ratio in the soil and determines suitable farming methods. third team “Wabi Sabi”s project consists of a robot that captures moisture from the air. The solar powered robot does not require any external energy.

Technology voucher gift

Technology checks were awarded to the winners of the hackathon as a reward for developing their ideas and projects. This is how the first team 15 thousand TL, to the second team 10 thousand TL and the third place team 5 thousand TL worth of technology gift certificates were issued.

Reached more than 260 thousand children

The “Coding Tomorrow” project allows children aged 7-14 throughout Turkey Led by volunteer trainers, theoretical and practical training is provided on topics such as introduction to programming, algorithm logic, creating applications, creating stories and making games. Until today More than 260 thousand in 81 provinces The total social value obtained in the past 1 year as part of the project reaching the child 14 million TL while each project made 1 TL investment 7.7 TL created social benefits. The project will involve students, teachers and families in the coming year. 92 thousand It aims to give people more technology training. Online training platform for “Coding Tomorrow” trainings Semicoder It is also free to access.

Source: (BYZHA) – Beyaz News Agency