Central University held a five-day STEM summer school program for 9th and 10th-grade students. Participants were tasked with building a remote-controlled airship and integrating it with a brain-computer interface.
The hardware assembly involved using helium-filled balloons, motors, and ESP32C3 microcontrollers. Students managed the balance of the airships and programmed them to receive Bluetooth commands from smartphones.
For the brain-computer interface, students utilized EEG technology to monitor brain activity. The control mechanism relied on the alpha rhythm, which increases in power when a user closes their eyes, allowing for hands-free navigation of the airship.
On the final day, teams participated in a competition to demonstrate their airships and presented technical documentation of their projects. The top-performing teams were awarded grants for further study at Central University.
