Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank and TEKNOFEST Board of Directors and T3 Foundation Board of Trustees Chairman Selçuk Bayraktar wished success to the students who participated in the "Hyperloop Development Competition" held in Kocaeli.
Varank and Bayraktar, who came to TÜBİTAK Gebze Campus, where the competition within the scope of TEKNOFEST Aviation, Space and Technology Festival was held, met with the students. sohbet he did. Minister Varank stated that he believes Hyperloop technology will open new windows in the world in transportation and transmission technologies of the future.
HIGH SPEED UNDERGROUND
Emphasizing that Hyperloop races are quite difficult, Varank said, “We are with our young friends in Hyperloop competitions, which aim to send vehicles from one place to another at very high speeds underground. It is a competition that tests all the abilities of our young friends in the field of engineering.” said.
VISIONARY COMPETITION
Minister Varank said that they were happy that such a visionary competition, which was held for the first time last year, was organized in Turkey, that Europe's largest infrastructure was established in Turkey with the stakeholders, and that the young people showed their talents, and that they held the competition with more talented teams and much better products this year.
MORE THAN 300 THOUSAND TEAMS
Mentioning that they are trying to train young people for the technologies of the future with TEKNOFEST, Varank said that this year, more than 41 thousand teams and more than 300 million competitors in 1 different categories applied not only from Turkey but also from around the world.
INVITATION TO TEKNOFEST
Explaining that the TEKNOFEST finals will be held in Istanbul on April 27-May 1, Varank said, "What capabilities does Turkey have in technology, in space and in the air, we will show them to our citizens from 7 to 77, with aviation shows, technology workshops and different events. We will also organize TEKNOFEST, where we will raise the technology agenda to the highest level. We will witness Turkey's capabilities. We will show all of Turkey what products Turkey can develop and what our engineers and technicians can achieve.” used the phrases.
GREAT SUCCESS
Selçuk Bayraktar also stated that they have reached TEKNOFEST, which they have been preparing for months, and that the finalists among more than 1 million students achieved great success. Pointing out that the number of participants in TEKNOFEST, which was 20 thousand in the first year, increased geometrically over the years and exceeded 1 million, Bayraktar said, “The biggest technology competition in the world is TEKNOFEST. Just as we have left our mark on the world with our unmanned aerial vehicles, if we can make aircraft that we can call 'the best in the world', and if the whole world accepts it, it is an indication that our initiatives in all other fields of technology, in the field of scientific technology, will achieve world-renowned successes.” he said.
40 DIFFERENT AREAS
Stating that he expects all the geographies where technology extends to TEKNOFEST for the whole family and lineage, Bayraktar said, “Watch those high-tech works produced by our country, technology competitions in 40 different fields, from biotechnology to nanotechnology, from agricultural technologies to robotic vehicles, as well as their exhibitions. Witness the flight demonstrations involving the Red Apple. We used to show with vehicles coming from outside, but we have been doing it with our country's vehicles for years. We started TEKNOFEST with the motto 'Let a child come and touch the plane, maybe it will develop our country's space program in the future'. We're seeing this happen. Tens of thousands of our people went and visited TGC Anatolia.” he said.