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No Black Boxes No Black Boxes is a global initiative that makes modern technology accessible to any curious mind and neuroscientists.

We create engaging, hands-on courses and build explainable tools that unlock your potential, spark creativity, and shape your future. No Black Boxes is a global initiative that makes modern technology accessible to any curious mind, starting with secondary school students.

25/02/2026

🚀 HACK THE SENSES: FREE AI & ROBOTICS HACKATHONS 🤖

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Calling all Year 11–13 students! Do you want to build a robot that can hear, see, and talkto you?

Join us for two hands-on hackathons at the London AI Campus, funded by an EPSRC-UCL grant in collaboration with ElevenLabs, No Black Boxes, and Neurogears.

📅 The Challenges
1️⃣ SOUND (14 March 2025): Build audio circuits and use ElevenLabs to give your Raspberry Pi a human voice. 🎙️

2️⃣ VISION (21 March 2025): Build video-streaming circuits and master object and face detection using a variety of Ai tools 👁️

🏆 Prizes from ElevenLabs
Gain access to professional-grade AI tools to keep building:
- All Participants: 3-month Creator tier ($66 value)
- Winning Team: 3-month Pro tier ($297 value)
- Best Project: 6-month Scale tier ($1,980 value)

No Experience Needed: We provide the gear and the training, you bring the curiosity.

Logistics
📅 Where: London AI Campus (near King’s Cross/Euston)
📍 When: Sat 14 & 21 March | Session A (11:00) or Session B (14:00)
Cost: 100% FREE (Limited spaces available)

👉 APPLY NOW: https://www.noblackboxes.org/ai_hackathon

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Thanks to Google, Camden Learning, and the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour for making this possible.

Supported by Fondation Jean-François de Clermont-Tonnerre

24/02/2026

❗Are you a SMALL or MEDIUM-sized BUSINESS (SME) ready to automate 🤖 to increase productivity 📈, but unsure where to start?

If you operate in:
• Logistics
• Food production
• Agriculture
• Warehousing
• Manufacturing
• Packaging
• Distribution

👉 WE WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK TO YOU! We want to develop a new practical automation/robotics training programme designed specifically to support SMEs with real problems!

✅ Send a Direct Message or contact us at: [email protected]

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Thanks to Google, Camden Learning, and the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour for making this possible.

Supported by Fondation Jean-François de Clermont-Tonnerre

15/02/2026

🚀 Week 4 – “Build a Brain” 🤖🧠

From transistors to computers. What is a computer 🖥️ ?

1️⃣ LOGIC. We built logic gates and explored how simple ON/OFF switches allow computers to speak binary.

2️⃣ MEMORY. We explained what short and long-term memory really mean, introducing the brilliance of floating-gate transistors and how information can be stored without power.

And finally, we scaled up.

We used microcontrollers — Arduino — to mimic what a “hindbrain” does: allowing robots to sense the world and react to it.

Want to know what we teach — and what you will learn?
✅ Get in touch: [email protected] - wherever you are!

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Thanks to Google, Camden Learning, and the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour for making this possible.

Supported by Fondation Jean-François de Clermont-Tonnerre

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