A QUESTION ABOUT CHANGING THE WORLD WITH PLAY.

I’M STEF

STEFANIA DRUGABERLIN, GERMANY

BRENT DIXONAUSTIN, TXBOBI

RAKOVASOFIA, BULGARIA

SU?

FONDED AT SINGULARITY UNIVERSITY

SUMMER PROGRAM AT THE NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER

80 STUDENTS FROM 36 COUNTRIES BROUGHT TOGETHER TO SOLVE GLOBAL

CHALLENGES

HANDS ON WORKSHOPS

microelectronics, music hacks, 3d printings, soldering, stopmotion, lemon powered cars, video game design, interface prototyping with makeymakey, strawberry dna...

SINCE SEPTEMBEROVER FORTY WORKSHOPS

IN SEVEN COUNTRIES AND FOUR CONTINENTS

WORKSHOPS IN THE FAVELAS

THE KIDS WERE

Kids at Maker Faire, Lagos, Nigeria learning how to turn recycled cans into robots.

CONNECTING MAKING TO LARGER SOCIAL AWARENESS CAN BE A

POWERFUL TOOL FOR LEARNINGAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

KIDS CAN HELP SOLVE THEIR COMMUNITIES’

GRANDEST CHALLENGES.

JACK ANDRAKACreated a new diagnostic test for pancreatic cancer that is

28 times faster, 28 times less expensive and over 100 times more sensitive than the current tests.

INTEL INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR

Soldering a transformer that allows them to pass from DC to AC. Electricity cuts in Nigeria, they need to use generators, this allows them to do so without breaking their tv/pc/fridge

DELL CHILDREN’S + CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK

THE NEED FOR LOCAL COLLABORATION:

THE NEEDS AND AVAILABLE TOOLS ARE CONTEXTUALLY

SPECIFIC.

BEING A NOVICE, I’D LOVE YOUR HELP.

STEFANIA@HACKIDEMIA.COM

INTERESTED IN DESIGNING MAKER ED TO SOLVE SOCIAL

CHALLENGES?

TOMORROW AIR QUALITYWORKSHOP