Future Tech LabGet Your Hands on the Future
Eight weeks of hands-on access to the technology shaping tomorrow: robots you build, AI you direct, designs you print, satellites you track. Plus a field trip inside a real tech company to meet the people who do this for a living. It all ends with a capstone gaming tournament on machines you set up yourself.
Duration
8 weeks
Format
Hybrid (labs + a tech sponsor site visit)
Schedule
After school & Saturdays
Ages
16+
Cost
Free for qualifying participants
Talent is everywhere. Access isn't. Future Tech Lab throws the doors wide open. Over eight weeks, young people get their hands on the tools most kids only ever see on a screen: they build and program robots, direct AI instead of scrolling past it, design and 3D-print their own creations, and track the satellites crossing their own sky.
The heart of it is exposure. We take the whole crew inside a real tech company, one of our sponsors, to see the machines up close and meet the engineers, builders, and creatives who run them. Suddenly a career in tech stops being a far-off idea. It becomes a real person, doing real work, in a room these kids are standing in.
It all builds to a capstone gaming tournament on rigs they set up themselves, with the whole community cheering them on. Free for qualifying participants, and proof that this world is theirs to step into.
This is for you if any of this sounds like you.
You're a young person curious about how things actually work.
You'd rather build the future than just scroll past it.
You've never had your hands on a robot, an AI, or a 3D printer, until now.
You want to see, up close, that a tech career could be yours.
Every week, a new piece of the future in their hands.
Future Tech Lab is a program of experiences, each one built to spark curiosity and prove that this world belongs to them too. Innovation you can touch, encouragement at every step.
Inside a Tech Company
Go behind the scenes at a real tech sponsor, see the machines up close, and meet the engineers and creatives who do this for a living.
Build-a-Bot Robotics
Assemble and program a robot with your crew, then watch your own code make it move.
Direct the AI Studio
Stop scrolling past AI and start steering it, building real projects in your own words.
Design & Print Shop
Turn an idea in your head into something you can hold, printed on real 3D machines.
Satellite Night
Track live satellites crossing your own sky and see how space internet reaches neighborhoods like ours.
Capstone Gaming Tournament
Set up the rigs, run the network, then compete with the whole community cheering you on.
Eight weeks of hands on the future, built to finish.
Week 1
Welcome to the Future
- Tour of the tech: robots, printers, AI, and orbit
- How the technology around you actually works
- Set what you want to explore over 8 weeks
Week 2
Hardware, Opened Up
- Tear down and rebuild a PC
- Components, from silicon to screen
- See how the machines are really put together
MilestoneWeek 3
Robotics
- Assemble and program your team's robot
- Sensors, motors, and logic
- First autonomous run
Week 4
AI as a Tool, Not a Toy
- Direct AI to do real work, in your own words
- Build a project with AI as your assistant
- See where AI shows up in real jobs
MilestoneWeek 5
3D Printing & Design
- Design in CAD, print on Bambu Lab machines
- Iterate: fail fast, print again
- Turn an idea in your head into something you can hold
MilestoneWeek 6
Inside a Tech Company
- Field trip behind the scenes at a tech sponsor's facility
- See the real machines up close, and how they're used
- Meet the engineers and creatives, and the jobs they do
MilestoneWeek 7
The Sky Above Us
- Networking fundamentals, hands-on
- Low Earth orbit: track live satellites overhead
- How space internet reaches places like ours
MilestoneWeek 8
Capstone Gaming Tournament
- Configure the rigs, run the network
- Tournament day, community invited
- Celebrate the crew and what comes next
Not promises. Proof.
Projects You Built
A robot your team programmed, parts you printed, and an AI project with your name on it.
A Look Inside the Industry
A field trip through a real tech company, face to face with the people who build tomorrow.
Capstone Tournament
A community gaming event you help produce, then compete in.
A Wider Sense of What's Possible
Hands-on exposure to the tools, fields, and careers most kids never get to touch.
I thought coding was for other people. Then our robot finished the maze on my code. Mine. I haven't stopped building since.
Jaylen T.
Future Tech Lab Graduate, 17
The stuff you’re actually wondering.
Does my kid need any experience?
None at all. We start from curiosity, and every tool is put in their hands with a mentor right beside them.
How much does it cost?
Free for qualifying participants. Nothing to buy, we provide everything.
What's the field trip?
A real visit inside a tech company, one of our sponsors, to see the machines and meet the people who run them. For a lot of kids, that's the moment it clicks.
What age is this for?
Built for ages 16 and up, after school and Saturdays, so it fits around school.
For Partners & Sponsors
Put your company in the room. Sponsor this program, send a speaker, or host the visit.
For Youth · Free for qualifying participants
Ready for Future Tech Lab? The door is open.
Applications are open now. One step through, and you’re not walking alone anymore.
Every program carries the same thread: leadership, family, future tech.