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Thales Arduino goes global

Training of new Thales volunteers is now beginning for the Project Arduino on-campus competition which will be delivered in seven countries this year; China Mainland, Hong Kong, France, UK, USA, the Netherlands and Singapore.Now in its fourth year, this international competition challenges students to find the most innovative and creative use of an Arduino open-source hardware platform.

Training sessions are now underway to show engineers in Thales who are volunteers, how to use the Arduino and to run the workshops at participating universities. These workshops will take place this October and November.

Project Arduino offers students the opportunity to learn new skills and win prizes. Entrants are taught how to use and program an Arduino by Thales engineers, and are then given two weeks to imagine a creative and innovative usage of the system, which aligns to Thales’s markets – and make a video of their solution.
 

A trip to a Thales Research Centre or Innovation Hub of their choice

A winner will be selected in each country from all the entries to go to the final – the public vote. The prize for the Global Winners is a trip to a Thales Research Centre or Innovation Hub of their choice in any of the countries participating in Project Arduino!

After the success of the competition in the UK, it has been expanded this year to seven countries, and 40 universities. Aiming not only to raise awareness of Thales as a company in these countries, Project Arduino also seeks to inspire students to take up a career in technology and engineering fields.
 

What is Arduino?

An Arduino is a single board open-source electronic microprocessor platform, created to help get people into coding and electronics. The applications of this small system are seemingly endless, and it is this variation and opportunity for creativity that is at the core of Project Arduino.