We landed on Sunday at Roanoke airport, then we met our host families. We spent the evening with them, hoping to be in a good shape for the week that we had been looking forward for months.
On the Monday, at 11:00 AM, Jim Flowers welcomed us and explains the program of the week. He also showed us the amazing prize of the Challenge and the big 25 000$ cheque reserved for the winning team!
We met the other teams, from US, Canada, England, Chile, Austria and Italy that quickly presented their speech elevator. All the projects are original and the contest looks difficult.
We also met our host company, Adaptive Technologies Inc that develops intelligible communications systems and hearing protection. We shared our lunch with five people from their staff and they enjoy our project !
On the afternoon, Jim Flowers explained us what was expected by the judges, and we worked the whole afternoon.
For the dinner, we went to a restaurant with all the teams and the host families. We met Artbeating members who are spending some months in Virginia Tech. An acapella chorale band came to sing several amazing songs.
We went back at home, wainting for the next day, and the approaching contest...
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