From the pool to the ocean: applying underwater robotics skills in real life
Mapping the sea floor, marine life interaction and water sample collection are some of the ways remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) are used in ocean exploration. They are also three tasks that students participating in this year’s SeaPerch underwater robotics challenge will be required to complete on the mission course.
CIS tops interschool robotics competition field
Cayman International School topped a field of seven local high schools in the 2023 FIRST Tech Challenge, a robotics competition with a renewable energy theme celebrating achievements of young people in robotics.
CIS wins Power Play at 2023 FIRST Tech Challenge
The energy was electric at the annual Minds Inspired robotics interschool competition as seven high schools put their robots through their paces in the FIRST Tech arena. After multiple rounds navigating obstacles, shifting alliances and overcoming technical challenges, an exciting final match saw two teams from Cayman International School (CIS) in an alliance against two teams from John Gray High school (JGHS). It was a nail-biting finish with the first game going to CIS, the second to JGHS, and CIS emerging victorious in the final round.
The science behind winning the Indy500
Wonder what it takes to win the Indy500? This year’s champion Marcus Ericsson and Data & Systems Engineer for his No. 8 Honda car, Angela Ashmore, joined fellow Chip Ganassi Racing team member Kyffin Simpson at Camana Bay to explain the partnership between driving and technology.
172 young mathematicians compete in 2022 Minds Inspired Maths Challenge
Maths stars from nine high schools gathered at University College of the Cayman Islands last week to test their calculation and puzzle-solving skills at the 10th annual Minds Inspired Maths Challenge.
Cayman competes at the FIRST Global Challenge
Michael Marzouca is a 2019 Dart Scholar and member of the Cayman Islands national robotics team that recently competed in Geneva, Switzerland, as part of the 2022 FIRST Global Challenge. The competition featured high school students from more than 180 countries and aims to promote science and technology leadership and innovation in young people. We asked Michael to reflect on the experience.
On Swiss time: the Cayman Islands National Robotics team’s week in Geneva at the FIRST Global Challenge
Monday 10 October 2022
After two months designing, building and programming our robot, seven students and two coaches from the Cayman Islands National Robotics team jetted off to Geneva, Switzerland with Mangrover the robot safely encased in a custom-made box. No trip would be complete without the traditional team photo at the airport!
Made in Cayman: ‘Mangrover’ the carbon-catching robot
Grand Cayman, 10 October 2022: the Cayman Islands National Robotics team is flying to Geneva, Switzerland today to compete in the FIRST Global Challenge international robotics tournament with Mangrover, the robot they have custom-designed and built to represent the Cayman Islands in the ‘Carbon Capture’ themed event.
Forging a path for women in STEM
Grand Cayman, 3 October 2022: two young Caymanians, Emma Turnbull and Anja van Genderen, are at the cutting edge of scientific research as they continue their post-graduate studies in the STEM-related fields of virology and biochemistry.
Robotics team gears up for world stage
While their peers enjoyed vacation far away from the inside of a school, this group of students spent their summer days sitting together in a quiet classroom.
The Cayman Islands Chess Olympiad Team announced
The Cayman Islands National Chess Team will represent the country at the 44th Chess Olympiad to be held in Chennai, India at the end of July, marking the first time the Cayman Islands has competed in person at the Chess Olympiad.
Cayman Islands National Robotics Team 2022 announced
Grand Cayman, 29 June 2022: Nine Cayman Islands’ high school students will head to Geneva, Switzerland in October to compete against robotics teams from 180 countries in the FIRST Global Challenge.
Announced this week, the 2022 National Robotics team includes students from five high schools in the Cayman Islands: Maxwell Clarke, Alexander Walters and Kyah Morris (Cayman International School), Adi Binoy (Cayman Prep & High School), Marissa Wright and Teejhan Hansraj (John Gray High School), Diamond White and Michael Marzouca (St Ignatius Catholic School) and Drew Plania (Triple C).
The journey from high school to careers in STEM
Want to be an architect or engineer? Or not sure what jobs you can do with high school maths and science?
Two young Caymanians shared their journey from school to university to jobs at Dart at the recent Career Guidance Programme hosted by Minds Inspired and the Cayman Society of Architects, Surveyors and Engineers (CASE).
Robots solve shipping issues at FIRST Tech Challenge
Empty shelves at the supermarket. Cargo ships queuing at ports. A shortage of truck drivers. Rising fuel costs and longer delivery times. Disruptions to the global supply chains over the past two years have created a freight frenzy that has impacted us all.
‘Grogu’ and ‘Herbert’ win inter-school robotics competition at the FIRST Tech Challenge 2022
Ten robots battled it out at the FIRST Tech Challenge on Saturday 26 March, competing for accuracy and speed as they maneuvered around the arena. Eighty students from five high schools in Grand Cayman designed, built, programmed and operated robots to compete in the inter-school tournament and for the chance to be selected in the Cayman Islands International robotics team.
Brac teams sweep the board at SeaPerch underwater robotics competition
Teams from Cayman Brac’s Layman E. Scott High School took first and second places in both middle- and high-school divisions of this year’s Minds Inspired SeaPerch Challenge held at Camana Bay Sports Complex pool on Saturday 12 March. Overall champions were middle school students Jovier Walton- Paz and Jaden Ebanks with their team the “Brac Bots.”
Journalism and Media Summer Camp inspires young reporters
Industry-led summer camp introduces aspiring journalists to art of storytelling through technology
In partnership with seven local media houses, Dart’s Minds Inspired facilitated the launch of a new summer camp to introduce high school students to the world of journalism and media.
Minds Inspired launches new sustainable development challenge
Dart’s Minds Inspired is preparing to roll-out a new sustainable development education challenge to all local high schools in September 2021, following a successful pilot programme with Cayman International School.
Finding myself during an internship
By Kathleen Torio, a student at the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre
"I am completely lost," were the four words running through my mind at the speed of light on the first day of my internship.
I’m a student currently studying creative media at the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre. In order to graduate from the school, every student must undertake an internship with a local business. The internship offers students an opportunity to experience and enhance our knowledge and understanding of the world of work, helping prepare us for our chosen career paths.
Coding to solve a problem
Software developers love to solve problems.
Code(Cayman), a non-profit organisation that designs and hosts software coding programmes, is working to solve a big problem, specifically that there aren't enough qualified Caymanians to fill the technology needs of the local business community.
SeaPerch ready to take the plunge again
Students from across the Cayman Islands will showcase their STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — skills at the 2021 Cayman Islands SeaPerch Challenge, an underwater robotics competition in which youths put their engineering, problem solving, teamwork and technical skills to the test.
Exploring engineering over mid-term break
Marcus Fletcher, a grade-11 student at Cayman International School, knew he was interested in a career in engineering but didn’t know what type. Knowing Dart is an active development company in the Cayman Islands with a variety of STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths) roles, Marcus asked Dart if he could spend his mid-term break gaining work experience with various engineering teams.
Minds Inspired launches digital career fair
MI Careers — Dart’s new digital career fair — provides information and guidance on STEM careers (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and is now live on mindsinspired.ky.
Work-X carries on
Each summer, students join the Minds Inspired Work-X programme and gain on-the-job, career-shaping experience, working side by side with Dart's professionals. This year, between the beginning of June and the end of August, 15 students participated in the Work-X programme despite the issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.