Casie Dale from Spearfish was selected as South Dakota’s 2024 Congressional App Challenge winner.
Dale coded the “Siren Shield” app to wirelessly activate a Hail Protection System to protect gardens and windows. The app actively listens for the tone of the local weather siren, and once detected, a motor lowers a shield onto the garden and window to protect from hail.
Dale says, “I have lived in Spearfish, South Dakota for almost thirteen years and have had to contend with the hail season annually…Past solutions have always gotten in the way of tending to our garden though…The app/robot will detect and respond when the weather siren goes off to protect our garden and windows from hailstorms, and when it is not needed, it will retract out of the way.”
“As technology becomes more important in our society, so does technological literacy,” said South Dakota U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson. “I am proud to see young folks like Casie involved in these fields, and I’m impressed her app has a real-world impact.”
Annually, students from each congressional district compete in the App Challenge. This year, Dale’s app will be displayed in the Capitol, featured online, and she will have the chance to participate in #HouseofCode, a gathering of all the current year’s winners.
Johnson announced the Congressional App Challenge in July 2023. For further information about the Congressional App Challenge, please visit www.CongressionalAppChallenge.us.
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