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Texas Instruments challenges students to design solutions that improve everyday life

3/22/2018

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Enter the TI Codes Contest today to win prizes and finish the school year on top
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(DALLAS, TX March 20, 2018 --  Today, Texas Instruments (TI) issued a coding challenge for students: develop a solution using TI education technology that helps improve daily lives. Maybe an alarm clock that shakes the bed until a person wakes up, or something related to the environment, like a smart irrigation system that conserves water, or a device that tracks a home’s electricity consumption in real-time. 

Whatever students can imagine, TI wants them to build it using their graphing calculators and the TI-Innovator™
Hub. Innovator, as it’s best known, is a palm-sized box with a built-in microcontroller that plugs into a TI graphing calculator and allows students to imagine, design and test creative solutions. Innovator is powered by the same technology leading engineers around the world use to design cutting-edge innovations from self-driving cars to smartphones. So what can today’s middle and high school students create with Innovator? 

Starting today, teams of up to five students, ages 13 to 19, can enter the TI Codes Contest by submitting a design proposal. “At TI, we want to help teachers keep students engaged in math and science as visions of summer vacation start dancing in their heads,” said Curtis Brown, former teacher turned math specialist for TI. “This fun, hands-on contest combines coding, collaboration and some spirited competition to keep students focused on learning important STEM concepts as the school year comes to a close.”

The contest is simple to enter and includes four rounds. In the first round, students submit a written proposal outlining an everyday process they want to improve and their proposed solution. These proposals will be evaluated by a panel of judges from TI, who will determine which teams move on to the next round. As teams advance, they must start building their proposed design. Ten semi-finalists will receive a TI graphing calculator, a TI-Innovator Hub with TI LaunchPad™ Board, and a $50 gift card for additional supplies to build their design and showcase it in a video.

The public will then vote on their favorite semi-finalist design video and select the winner. Each member of the winning team receives a graphing calculator and TI’s new calculator-controlled robotic vehicle, the TI-Innovator Rover. The teacher that sponsored the winning team also wins a $250 gift card to help cover the cost of future class activities. Even if teams don’t make it to the final round, they will still be entered to win random prizes aimed at sparking their interest in coding and STEM.

Form a team to enter the TI Codes Contest today at 
www.TICodesContest.com

About Texas Instruments
Education Technology, a business of Texas Instruments, provides a wide range of tools connecting the classroom experience with real-world applications, helping students and teachers to explore mathematics and science interactively. TI’s products and services are tested vigorously against recognized third-party research, which shows that the effective use of graphing calculators improves the mathematical skills of students and their attitudes toward mathematics. For more information, visit www.education.ti.com.

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is a global semiconductor design and manufacturing company that develops analog ICs and embedded processors. By employing the world's brightest minds, TI creates innovations that shape the future of technology. TI is helping more than 100,000 customers transform the future, today. Learn more at www.ti.com. 
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