2018October

Since schools have started, our Sodeco center is getting busier during the weekends. More than 40 students are attending our different courses. We are welcoming learners aged 4 years and above from 10AM till 7PM. Even on Sundays from 3PM till 7PM.

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What's Happening at TLE® STEM

The Little Engineer proudly launched the Civil Engineering course.Our Civil Engineer delives the course which is a 30 hour hands on activity every Wednesday and Friday from

5:00PM till 7:00PM. Learners will explore what’s behind the Civil Engineering; they are going to build a real mini house from concrete. 70 880910

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As the summer ends and the weather turns, it's a good time for schools, parents and students to re-focus on the importance of extracurricular activities; such activities can help students succeed in much more than just their academic endeavors.At the beginning of October two Robotics clubs started at Al Hayat International School, and Al Farouk Islamic High School. The purpose of the Robotics club is to provide an atmosphere where students can develop their programming, engineering, designing, and construction skills; students with future aspirations in these fields will benefit greatly from participation.

For the third year in a row Shouf National College introduces their students form cycle 1 to the concept of Robotics as part of their STEM integrated program through a series of workshops where the instructors introduce and encourage the learners to relate between Robotics and real life situations.

Kayfoun Expo Tech in their first year expo that introduced a variety of technology companies, universities to the region The Little Engineer stand had a high impact on the audience due to the interesting and up to date technology introduced.

Students at our center their interest in Robotics is constant! For more details for all the activities at our Choueifat center contact us on 70 23 13 03

A robotics club is a gathering of students who are interested in learning about and working with robots. At Thema Chess – Jamhour the Fall Robotics Club is going on every Saturday, education programs introduce kids to robotics and programming concepts.

The Little Engineer Nigeria participated in the Edu360 event organized by Union Bank. The 2 day event brought together stakeholders from the education ecosystem to discuss the future of Education in Nigeria. As part of its 100 year anniversary last year, Union Bank committed to driving private sector engagement and collaboration towards achieving SDGs for Nigeria and have focused on SDG 4- Quality Education as an area to engage and drive impact for Nigeria. The Little Engineer participated in the 2 day event by having an exhibition stand where we directly interacted with schools, parents and corporates; conducted 4 masterclasses for students to interact with our curriculum and builds and Mrs Jadesola Adedeji participated in a panel discussion tit led " Are our children ready for the digital age?" It was a great exposure for TLE and we are confident that the contacts made will be beneficial to the brand in Nigeria.

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Rymco Automotive Workshop

The Little Engineer and RYMCO received Al Bayader school in Beirut to its outstanding outing at the RYMCO- Chiyah showroom where students of grade 6, boys and girls enjoyed the Assembly line simulation and explored the Automotive industry. They constructed an automotive robot and programmed it. They all enjoyed their time.

Club in Schools

The academic year has started so did our clubs in school. The Little Engineer started its clubs in school at Grand Lycée Franco-Libanais and Jesus & Mary. More than 50 students are now registered

in both of the schools. Our highly trained instructors are now delivering the courses for Grade 1 and above. More schools are coming on their way starting November! Stay tuned.

Our CEO in GermanyThe first German-Arab Women Business Leaders Summit with more than 200 participants and 50 high-ranking speakers reflected the enormous mutual interest in Arab-German business relations with a special focus on connecting and empowering women in both regions. The high number of experts and decision makers from business, academia and politics strongly contributed to the intensive exchange of new ideas and the establishment of long-lived business networks.

Both personally and as chairwoman, I would like to thank you for your active participation as a speaker making this signature event a great success. Your involvement contributed significantly to the excellent outcome and high quality exchange. We hope that you enjoyed the Summit and that you were able to gain inspiring insights and to create new and sustainable business contacts. For some impressions of the first German-Arab Women Business

Leaders Summit and further information on the final program, please visit http://www.gawbl-summit.com/gallery/ We especially look forward to carrying forward the momentum created together at this first GAWBL-Summit and would be delighted to explore opportunities and new initiatives so as to further empower, support and develop the dialogue of women business leaders in Germany, the Arab countries and the international community.

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- Hawa AkkarThe Little Engineer was privi leged to provide a wind energy workshop on Saturday October, 27, 2018 in partnership with Hawa Akkar. Two schools, Rajem Khalaf Intermediate School - Wadi Khaled, and Wadi Khaled Secondary High School - Waar Section, completed the workshops where they learned how to construct wind turbines that transform wind energy to mechanical energy and wind energy to electrical energy. The main goal of proving the benefits and reliabil ity of windmills was accomplished since the 30 boys and 30 girls that attended where enthralled by the wind turbine operation mechanisms.

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- Makhzoumi Foudationإتفاقية مخزومي مؤسسة وقعت "المهندس مؤسسة مع تعاون السيدة وترأسها أسستها التي الصغير" سعي من "انطالقا شميطلي، رنا لتطبيق الدائم مخزومي مؤسسة وإرساء المستدامة التنمية أهداف بأهمية وإيمانا المجتمع، في قواعدها الشركات وبين بينها المجتمعية الشراكة

للمؤسسة. بيان بحسب اللبنانية"،

الرئيسي المقر في التوقيع وأقيم رئيسة وقعت حيث مخزومي لمؤسسة مخزومي مي السيدة المؤسسة الفخري الرئيس حضور في اإلتفاقية مخزومي، فؤاد النائب للمؤسسة وتربوية واجتماعية سياسية وشخصيات التكنولوجيا علوم في واختصاصيين والهندسة. وتم عرض األعمال الروبوتية للنمو تشجيعا الطالب نفذها التي االحتماالت استكشاف أجل من اإلبداعي

الهندسة. مجال في المختلفة

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- Space week at Touch Lab

`The Little Engineer celebrated the World Space week event in Lebanon at Touch lab. TLE introduced young minds from Ras Beirut school, Jamil Rawass, Omar Farroukh and Riyad El Solh public schools and Zahrat El Ihsan and other private schools to a workshop about space and communication where they constructed and programmed a CubeSat in partnership World Space Week Lebanon at Touch Lebanon lab.

Testimonials

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Dear little engineer team,

I have registered my daughter Celine Matar for 2 weeks for the orientation course. I would like to express my gratitude for this course. She has benefitted a lot. The time spent there was fruitful. The instructors are all professional and did their best to provide her with all the information. She was hesitant to register at the beginning, but on the contrary, her feedback at the end of course very positive. Please keep us posted of their courses.Regards,

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Winter Vacation

Stay Tuned for our WinterVacation Program

Airbus Little Engineer

The Airbus Little Engineer is an award winning initiative dedicated to educating young increasing public understanding and appreciation of science technology, engineering and mathematics through interactive tailored programs.Based on the industry's growth figures and discussions with key players in the region's aerospace sector, Airbus recognized that in order to sustain the future growth of industry minds and the Africa and Middle East's aerospace and economy, there's a need to inspire more of the region's youth to focus on their science and technology studies. With that in mind, Airbus decided that investing in students' future career choices would help in fueling their potential for innovation in the aerospace sector. This passion would also contribute towards creating talent that the global aerospace industry can attract nurture and retain. Airbus Little

Engineer is an initiative dedicated to instilling an appreciation of science and technology among the talent of the region. Since its launch in 2012, the Airbus Little Engineer program has successfully positioned itself as an effective vehicle for discovery-based learning, working to enlighten and empower youth in the areas of science and technology through robotics and aerospace. To date, the Airbus Little Engineer initiative has inspired over 6,000 students, whom have taken part in its activities in over 12 countries.

A Childs mind is like a sponge. Early stimulation and exposure is critical in their development. If you miss this ‘window’ opportunity, it may be a challenge to regain and built the interest when they’re older.Most of us did our Math and Physics not because we liked it or enjoyed it but we were just told, that to get a good pay cheque and live a comfortable life, we’d probably need to do it. (They were wrong)

How times have changed. That mentality doesn’t necessarily guarantee that comfortable life. One thing that the World of Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics does, is open up yourmind into solving the complex problems of todays world and its future.My short lived experience with the Little Engineer Foundation allowed me to share and to be a part of instilling what could be a passion to the students we managed to reach, by introducing them to theworld of space exploration through robotics. I was inspired myself.In SA, the ages between 15-17 have become a very crucial stage with teens battling with substance abuse, pregnancy and poverty. To have been part of something that shifts the attention from all of that and inspire the youth to the exciting opportunities that STEM has, was an amazing experience. The workshop were delivered in an easy-effective way. The concept was basically taking theoretical understanding and expressing it practically. I saw the students practice soft skills including teamwork, communication, critical thinking, public speaking and creativity. It was exciting to see the curiosity, frustration and excitement in their faces through the workshops we had.The team we got to work with (Mohamad and Joey) was great, glad to have met them. Most of all, we had so much fun. Thank you so much. Kind Regards Heidi MALINGAAircraft Maintenance EngineerOperationsAirbus Helicopters

Our CEO during Techcrunch

On October 3, 2018 The Tech-Crunch event took place for the 1st time in Beirut at the Beirut Digital District. Mrs. Rana El Chmaitelly, CEO and founder of The Little Engineer, was asked to be a speaker and a judge. The Battlefield presented start-ups the opportunity to compete and win a $25,000 prize, as well as being exposed to a big global investment community.Annaharonline said: Mike Butcher, Editor at Large of TechCrunch told Annahar "He's delighted to have hosted the event in Beirut given that the city speaks well of emerging youth tech talent and enthusiasm."The Battlefield presented start-ups with the opportunity to compete for a $25,000 prize, as well as being exposed to a big global investment community. Two members from the winning startup received an all-expenses-paid trip to participate in a future TechCrunch Disrupt in San

Francisco.After a day of incredibly fierce competition, the winner was announced. “Buildink” won the competition; this startup offers a solution for real estate construction firms, via a scalable and mobile-friendly robot concrete 3D printer and signature concrete mixture. The company says 3D printing will not only open the space for unlimited architectural designs, but also reduce the overall construction cost.The event kicked off with a panel between Imad Kreidieh, Chairman and General Director of Ogero Telecom, and Ari Kesisoglu from Facebook discussing the Telco industry and how it is changing in Lebanon and the region, and how this translates in the business world.Kesisoglu, Vice President, Middle East, Turkey, and Africa at FBstart said: “As Facebook, we recognize the potential of entrepreneurial talent in the region and we want to help them develop their digital skills so they

expand their businesses and create new jobs. That’s why we are very excited about TechCrunch Startup Battlefield MENA.”For his part, Kreidieh encouraged the startups, “providing an adequate infrastructure is a key point in retaining talent in Lebanon, but we also need to have legislation that helps young entrepreneurs access the market.”The 15 teams competed in three preliminary rounds, consisting of five startups per round. They had six minutes to pitch and present a live demo to the panel of judges who were expert technologists and VC investors in their respective fields.One of the judges, Rana El Chemaitelly, founder of The Little Engineer, expressed her joy that BDD has become a key technological and co-work hub attracting people with an intellectual and IT background to create a whole new work sector for the Lebanese economy.(source: en.annahar.com/article)

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Team at Multi-Stakeholder

On Friday, October 18th, 2018, Global Compact Network Lebanon hosted the second edition of the Multi-Stakeholder Forum, under the patronage of Prime Minister Saad El Hariri at the Grand Serail, to discuss and keep up with the latest trends and practices of Sustainable Development.

Representatives from The Little Engineer attended this unique opportunity and platform for all the stakeholders, leaders and individuals representing the public and private sector, civil society organizations and local authorities to promote multi-stakeholder dialogues,

catalyze collaborations, explore innovative solutions to accelerate the SDGs in Lebanon, and work together towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals and 2030 Agenda.

Today bionic arms use vibrations and a sensory illusion to give wearers a natural sense of their robotic appendage moving through space. Even when blindfolded and wearing noise-canceling headphones, subjects know what their arms are doing. Controlling a robotic limb with your brainwaves seems routine by placing several motors and sensors into the bionic limbs capable of fine, dexterous movement. This Technology has advanced to a degree where some appendages can send feelings of touch back to their wearer for sensation. The main issue was that without a direct visual, the wearer does not know what their bionic arm is doing, its position in space, and how fast it’s moving. Let’s just say it would be relatively impossible to eat popcorn while keeping your eyes on the big screen. New devices restore kinesthesia by causing tendons to vibrate which makes it feel like the joint is moving. Volunteers undergo surgery to rewire the nerves in their upper bodies to other muscles. For example, the nerve that controls the elbow is hooked up to chest muscles. When the patient thinks about moving his elbow, the nerve sends the command to the

chest muscle. This activity is then picked up by a sensor that makes the prosthetic arm’s elbow to move.

Scientists developed a neural-machine interface with two lines of communication. When the patient thinks about moving the bionic arm, the signal is picked up from the re- muscle to control the prosthesis, and then a small but powerful motor is triggered to vibrate the muscle, generating the kinesthetic illusion. The improvement was evident within minutes. Using computer simulation software, the volunteers could easily close their virtual prosthetic hands a quarter, half, or three quarters of the way without watching the hand. In contrast, with the vibrations turned off they performed significantly worse—one patient had nearly no sense of hand position without adding the hack.

The results were remarkable. Even with blindfolds and noise-canceling headphones on to block off the world, the volunteers easily followed instructions to close the bionic hand into a cylinder grip. The vibrations blurred the lines between human limb and machine in the patients’ brains. The bionic hand felt like their own.The ultimate goal is to integrate bionic limbs that feel touch, movement, temperature, kinesthesia, and other senses to run simultaneously in the same bionic arm. So, when patients think about moving the arm, they feel that it’s moving through space and when they grab something, they feel that touch as though it’s theirs.Reference: https://singularityhub.com/2018/04/04/new-bionic-arm-blurs-line-between-self-and-machine-for-wearers/#sm.0001i5hj0c201dm210kxvpecyudbc

R & DNew Bionic Arm Blurs Line Between Self and Machine for Wearers, By Shelly Fan - Apr 04, 2018

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