Advanced Tech
Capstone Projects
An I for an AI
Everything everywhere all at once
100

This telescope just captured the full fury of a supermassive black hole.

What is the James Webb Telescope?

100

This student is building a preventative health app for all ages where you can choose your age and it tells you exactly what you need to do.

Who is Aaria?

100

The "I" in AI stands for this cognitive capacity that machines and algorithms are programmed to simulate.

What is Intelligence?

100

You can hold it in your hand, lose it on the couch, and somehow need it the second it hits 1%.

What is a phone?

200

This company launched its first purpose-built robotaxi called Ojai. It's built on a Chinese platform manufactured by Geely's Zeekr brand.

What is WAYMO?

200

Killed a plant before? Call this student!

Who is Jayden?

200

Launching an August summer camp to teach students how to use AI, this academy shares its name with the physical property of matter resisting changes to its state of motion.

What is Inertia Academy?

200

This invisible thing is somehow everywhere in your house… until you move two steps to the left and it disappears.

What is internet?

300
This company's rocket exploded in a major blow to NASA's Moon plans, affecting the Artemis program.

What is Blue Origin?

300

This student is launching a movie focused on climate change. The film features a physically built rover! 

Who is Shirin?

300

This is the skill of giving AI clear directions so it knows exactly what you want it to create or help with.

What is Instruction?

300

In a universe spoofing a Pixar classic, a teppanyaki chef's culinary skills are actually controlled by this type of masked animal.

What is a raccoon?

400

Eli Lilly just posted an experimental gene-editing therapy that slashes ______ by up to 62% giving people protection against heart disease. 

What is cholesterol?

400

Want to survive on Mars? This student spent over three months researching a closed-loop ecosystem and recently published her research paper!

Who is Millie?

400

This is the process by which an AI model learns patterns from large amounts of data by repeatedly adjusting its internal parameters to reduce errors. HINT: "You build an MVP and then you ______ to continue making your product better"

What is Iteration?

400

This theory says that small causes can have huge effects, like one tiny choice changing an entire future.

What is the butterfly effect?