We are very excited to welcome
you to a hackathon on the topic of designing
sound emitted by future electric vehicles (EVs)! We are looking for design, engineering and computer science students from the 4TU institutions (TU Delft, TU
Eindhoven, Wageningen University & Research or the University of Twente).
🚗 Scope of challenge
Over 270,000 fatal pedestrian traffic accidents occur yearly worldwide, with most happening during road crossing. Causes include misjudging crossing gaps and time, low visibility, and noticeability. EVs, due to their lack of combustion engine and quiet nature, pose a challenge for vulnerable road users (VRUs), such as pedestrians and cyclists. Augmenting EV sound levels may aid safety but add to urban noise pollution. The goal of this hackathon is to explore the design of optimal synthetic sound signals for EVs to provide maximum information and noticeability to VRUs while keeping noise pollution to a minimum.
🧑💻 Plan for the day
In groups, you will first
explore how EVs should sound in the future. Then, you will have a whole day to
design such sounds and prepare a demonstrator. We will feed and entertain you during that time 😉 At the end of the day, you will have 5–10 min (TBD based on the number of groups) to
present your work for a chance to win one of the prizes!
📅 Practical information
- Deadline to register: 5 March, 23:59.
- Time: 8 March, 09:00–17:00. Please arrive by 08:45.
- Address: TU Delft, Flux Building, Hall B (google maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/gPFe8BeRwhD1uZQP6, location on campus: https://map.tudelftcampus.nl/nl/poi/flux/).
- Prizes (one per group): bol.com vouchers of €500 for 1st place, €300 for 2nd place, €200 for 3rd place.
- Skills required: no strict requirements; students interested in acoustics, sound design, programming are encouraged to join.
- Meals and catering: lunch, snacks and drinks will be provided. We will consider your dietary requirements.
- Groups: you can be already in a group. If not, we'll assign you to a group. We recommend 3-4 members for a group.
- Getting to TU Delft: if you are not from Delft, we will reimburse the cost of getting to TU Delft by public transport. Please keep your receipts. We will ask you to send them to us after the hackathon.
