Canada’s first-ever hardware hackathon for high schoolers took place Saturday at the University of Ottawa.
Nearly 100 students from across Ottawa and Montreal had 12 hours to build physical hardware projects from scratch for the first time.
The event, known as Catalyst, hosted by Redshifted, encouraged students to get off screens and work with their hands to build innovative hardware projects.
Students got to take part in engaging hardware workshops for beginners and intermediate builders.
Organizers say hardware is one of those areas where there’s almost no community for young people.
The event was free, ensuring all students get to participate.
“The hardware costs a lot, which is why we’re excited to bring this to participants for free so that anybody without a financial barrier can join and build hardware projects,” Han added.
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I hope this is the first of many.
And that things like this happen across the country.
Damn. I got a few emails about this, but it looked scammy, so I ignored it. I wish I hadn’t, now.
Yeah I didn’t hear about it at all. Too bad it seems it was only for high schoolers.
