「Code for Health」

ABOUT SPARK

MakeX Spark is a creative competition program for young people. In MakeX Spark, contestants need to focus on the theme of each match, make full use of creativity, carry out the projects through software programming, hardware construction, and display the projects to others.

With the characteristics of low entry-level and flexible forms, Spark focuses on guiding teenagers to not only learn interdisciplinary knowledge and apply them to practical problems but also improve their problem-solving and logical-thinking abilities, developing their creativity and imagination. Through theme learning with practice, Spark helps contestants improve communication and expression abilities, and fully feel the joy of sharing.

THEME

In 2020, an outbreak of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) infection affected every aspect of our lives. Scientific institutions, governments and enterprises all over the world work closely together to take prompt scientific measures, from studying the principle of the virus, tracking the spread of the virus and popularizing scientific knowledge of epidemic prevention. Great efforts have been made to build a scientific defense line for the protection of human health.

The theme for this competition is Code for Health. Contestants are highly expected to develop creative ideas to safeguard the human health. There will be a great imagination space for the project designing. For example, it can be a touch-free robot which is able to fight against epidemics and deliver supplies to hospitals. It can also be an intelligent tool that can destroy viruses and protect human health, or a diagnostic tool to diagnose the physical health at any time……. As long as the ideas are bold enough and have something to do with protecting human health, you are the safety guardian we are looking for!

EQUIPMENT

*Contestants should use mBlock 5 to program projects. The hardware is not limited. Recommended hardwares are shown as following.

 If you want to buy any equipment, please contact the local distributor or MakeX Committee: makex_overseas@makeblock.com.

HALOCODE

Halocode is a wireless single board computer. With its built-in Wi-Fi support and microphone, the students can easily bring your board into the IoT projects and add speech recognition ability to it. It comes with plenty of sensors, such as 12 x Programmable RGB LED light, a Motion Sensor, a Touch Sensor, and more.

AI & IoT Creator Add-on Pack

If the mainboard like Halocode is not enough for your project, we recommend the combination of Halocode with the AI & IoT Creator Add-on Pack, which offers 13 mBuild electronic modules and 9 accessories packages equipped with appropriate building blocks, Python APIs, hardware online documents, assisted with wealthy teaching cases.

AWARDS

Second Runner up

Trophy & Medals

E-certificate

ASSESSMENT

Through MakeX Spark, contestants can reflect on their abilities in five dimensions.

*Under the premise of complying the rules, contestants may receive a STEAM Ability Assessment Report. The diagram on the right is an example of the abilities distribution.