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Upcoming ACF Teams

Biology

K-pop Data

Seniors’ Digital Health

Space

Java Love (CS)

Game Web Scraping

Unity Game Dev. + Art

Sports Data Web Scraping

Cybersecurity

If you are interested in joining one of these teams, don't hesitate to contact us at contact@applied-computing.org.

To join currently running ACF teams with open spots, check out available spots here.

Upcoming Teams

WHAT Can STUDENTS DO IN A STARTUP TEAM?

Apply computing solutions to (learn by doing) real-world problems.
Collaborate on projects that they have passion for while mastering their technical skills to serve a community goal.
Practice time management, presentation, and leadership skills while participating in demo days, academic competitions, peer-to-peer presentations, international partner meet-ups, and other ACF community events.
Connect to industry experts, learn the latest technologies, and collaborate in a global community.

Who should join an ACF STARTUP TEAM?

6th -12th graders who have learned coding for 1-2 years and would like to challenge themselves to solve real-world problems.
Someone looking for an opportunity to test the next-generation 'Elon Musk' ideas before college.
Someone who aspires to be a community leader and to solve their community's most significant issues.
Students who want to seize the opportunity to test their startup ideas within the global ACF ecosystem.
Students who want to participate in coding reviews and receive project reviews from a pitching expert in groups rather than coding alone.
Students who want to witness ideas from different student startup teams, participate in various presentations, and learn in an environment where they can encourage each other to grow.
Students who want to share the experiences they receive from running a startup on a blogging platform and use that for their college applications.
Students who wish to take their learning forward and empower others.

Current Junior Startups

Current Teen Startups

Previous and current ACF student projects include a GPS-assisted mapping tool specifically for firefighters, remote control ground drones for search and rescue, healthcare resource distribution software, a machine vision-powered driving monitor, and a multiplayer game to support small businesses.

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Startup Application Form

ACF ALUMNI Teams

Slurpin' Snakes

Busytank.io is a tank shooter game that helps support local businesses. Once the game starts, the player will be able to choose a tank class, select a skin, and then add a favorite local business's logo.

Pet Paradise

Just Pet is the social media for pets! Here you can find people who also love animals, and you can share the fun adventures that you have with your pets while letting your friends participate with their comments

Lucidity

Lucidity is an adaptive Google Chrome extension that uses Artificial Intelligence, blocklists, and allowlists to block distracting websites. Designed with the parent and teacher's perspectives in mind, the Lucidity team has researched, brainstormed, and user-tested numerous solutions. The current version of Lucidity is the fruit of their tireless, passionate work.

Deftsign

Deftsign is building a translation glove that converts the user's hand symbols into English through text and sound. It means to help people who have speech impairments communicate in their day-to-day life. The team believes this project is an excellent way to develop their skills as developers and entrepreneurs and help thousands to millions of people who struggle with positive interaction with others because of their speech impediments.

OnTrack

Using Parental OnTrack, block distracting websites, keep an eye on your child, and increase their focus. Boost Your Child's Productivity!

R2H

R2h is a web app that connects users to healthcare resources either by letting them navigate a directory or by using a computer intelligence model that compiles data from a brief survey.

Applicada

Applicada's product is "Station Alert," a subway navigation application for the visually impaired in Seoul, South Korea. With the help of a simplified speech-focused user interface, this app utilizes voice assistant features to guide users with verbal instructions essential to the subway riding experience.

ZARS

The ZARS product is an art-sharing website for the community. Users can register an account and upload their art pieces and stories to share with the community.

iDENTify

iDENTify is an app that provides dentists specific warnings about potential adverse drug reactions improving the safety of dental procedures and streamlines the drug interaction research process.

Avocado

Avocado is building an Unity game using GTP-3 technology in order to produce human-like texts in a fantasy RPG game.

VentureSketch

VentureSketch is an application to connect aspiring artists with nonprofit organizations which will provide features for nonprofits to request various types of artwork and pair them with matching artists who can fulfill the requests.

FalconUp Investment

FalconUp Investment is a team working to create an app that is able to predict the future prices of certain stocks. Using machine learning, they are trying to create a user-friendly tool that can be used by anyone curious about investing and gathering a point of view on the economy.

PyroTamer

PyroTamer is a fire-fighting map tool for brave and hardworking firefighters with many features such as real-time collaborative editing of geo-fencing, resource allocation and predicting the fires with AI in order to outline fires.