STEM Students Mentored by HipScience at Microsoft's ‘Youthspark Live’ Event in Houston

ATLANTA - March 10, 2016 - PRLog -- HipScience organization spent a Saturday with STEM students at the Microsoft YouthSpark Hack4Innovation event on February 27th at HISD's Chavez High School. This event was designed to bring together sponsor Microsoft, a host of partners, and more than 1000 students to participate in various interactive STEM activities from game and app coding to Robotics, and Engineering challenges. The HipScience activities were focused on exposing the kids to higher level programming concepts using SCRATCH, explaining connected devices and IOT, and relating how they can leverage the Cloud to solve problems.

Students participated in a hands-on lab using the new HipScience Mantis™ Climate Sensor in conjunction with a mobile app to chart environmental variables. With the sensor and brand new Surface Tablets generously donated to the event by Microsoft, the kids were able to receive instant feedback as they watched the process unfold. The students also participated in writing a program to text the readout data to their phones. Sensory capabilities of the new sensor include thermometer, ozone sensors, and an expansion that will allow for many more sensors to come! It’s portable as well!  Students also got a sneak peek at the Mantis STEMTag Rover that includes a range detection sensor, alongside other cool technology.

COO Marquette Trishaun, one of the technological leaders with HipScience, summed up the experience.  “When we attend these events and put these devices and tools in their hands, it reinforces why we set out to create these #STEM learning devices.  We want to see upcoming generations drawn to the careers of the future because they find it exciting. This attitude of giving back is a crucial part of why we are in business.”

Visit http://www.mantisopenstem.com/ for more about Mantis™ STEM-related sensors and probes.  In addition to its predecessor, the Mantis Weather Station, the new Climate Sensor adds the ability to connect an anemometer to measure wind speed.

About HipScience LLC:  With locations in Atlanta and Orlando, HipScience is bringing STEM to life.  An embedded sensor company, HipScience in partnership with Sciberus, Inc., is designing and creating sensors to communicate with other relevant technology. The Mantis™ brand of sensors and probes is designed with STEM education in mind promoting an open platform and standards-based curriculum. With over 15 years of experience in the aerospace industry, the company has been designing and engineering sensors that embed in wearable items, like wristbands and clothing, to devices like the climate weather stations. Visit us at http://www.mantisopenstem.com/  to learn more!