by Magda Callista | Jun 19, 2017 | Blog, Entrepreneurs In Action, geekStarter news, geekStarters
This is an exciting time of the year for the geekStarter community! On June 10 and 11, geekStarter teams gathered together to share and celebrate their projects. They met with experienced guests and mentors and learned tips for how to succeed at competitions and what...
by Magda Callista | May 12, 2017 | Blog, geekStarter news, geekStarters
UPDATES FROM SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY TEAMS Lethbridge High-School iGEM The Lethbridge HS iGEM team has been picking up the pace lately, and has lots to report! After exploring a few project ideas, the team settled on making biological pigments in E coli bacteria, with the...
by Magda Callista | Apr 12, 2017 | Blog, geekStarter news, geekStarters
If you program a robot to be creative, who is more innovative – the human that built that robot, or the artificial intelligence (AI) itself? It’s these types of questions that are pushing boundaries in the world of robotics, and students with MindFuel’s geekStarter...
by Magda Callista | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog, geekStarter news
Young students at FMCHS robotics competition Two exciting events were hosted last month by Father Mercredi Community High School team in Fort McMurray. One was a VEX Robotics Tournament, world’s Northernmost VEX tournament, held on January 14. The winners were...
by Magda Callista | Jan 12, 2017 | Blog, geekStarter news
Meet geekStarter’s 2016-2017 high-school and middle-school teams… Synthetic Biology Teams Ted Harrison School – Calgary The school has two bio-design teams, one returning and one new. The returning team will carry out experiments with the goal of...
by Magda Callista | Jan 11, 2017 | geekStarter news
Congratulations to Alberta’s ACM-ICPC teams for their great results in the 2016 Rocky Mountain Regional Contest held in Calgary on October 29! The Alberta Gold team from University of Alberta placed first and qualified for the ACM-ICPC World Finals in May 2017 –...
