New Orleans, LA – September 26, 2016 – Mercedes-Benz Superdome: Justin Hardy (16) of the Atlanta Falcons during a regular season Monday Night Football game
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The Atlanta Falcons are helping to encourage elementary and middle school kids to get involved in science, technology, engineering and math fields. The team partnered with Georgia Tech and the NCR Corporation to send Ricardo Allen, Justin Hardy, Falcons cheerleaders and its mascot to spend the day with students at the Hollis Innovation Academy in Atlanta last week.
During the program, students worked to build football field goal posts using supplies that NCR provided. First, they had to come up with the measurements and angles to make sure that the goals were regulation-sized. Players and students also tested out augmented reality, as they built a virtual hamburger and had a technology experience with a Microsoft HoloLens provided by NCR so they could interact with holograms.
About 500 students participated in the two-day event. The students were divided up into teams by grade and were competing on a point system. At the end of each day, the students who have the most points win a prize.
“We are thrilled about this opportunity as one of our core beliefs as a company is to give back to the communities where we work and live,” Yvonne Whitaker, NCR Foundation Lead, said in a statement. “Volunteerism is a great way to help others lay a foundation for their success, and Hollis Academy is a wonderful school that has the potential to change the lives of every student who walks through its doors.”
