Circuits and magic mirrors: How the BNY Mellon Dojo is preparing for Coolest Projects

At the BNY Mellon CoderDojo club — based in the Dublin Docklands — the young attendees are busy getting their ideas together for Coolest Projects International. There is a wonderful atmosphere at this industrious club on a Friday evening, which has eight young people in attendance between the ages of 7 and 12. This evening, […]

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3 tips to get your project started for Coolest Projects International!

If you know a young person with an interest in tech, you may be thinking of coming to Coolest Projects International. This awesome event is open to young people up to the age of 18, and it’s a great opportunity for them to showcase the projects they have created with technology.  You do not need […]

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Project Showcase: Andrea’s inspiring idea to help sick children

By Amy O’Meara Andrea was just 7 years old when she attended Coolest Projects 2017 with her amazing project, Donate Hair for Cancer Wigs. Andrea’s project took the form of a short story, which she coded using Scratch. She was inspired to take action when she saw a tv show about children with cancer, and how […]

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From Turkey with a Travel Bursary: Selin’s Journey to Coolest Projects International

Selin Alara Ornek (age 11) travelled from Turkey to Dublin, Ireland in May 2018 with the help of a travel bursary to present her project at Coolest Projects International. Her project was called ‘IC4U – Robot Guide Dog for Blind People’ and was awarded first place in the Hardware category.   Why did you apply for […]

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Coolest Projects Milano ready to amaze with young people’s projects

The second edition of Coolest Projects Milano, a community-led event of coding and digital making, will take place at Politecnico University this Saturday. The event encompasses many initiatives: a contest for young people from 7 to 17 years, free workshops for teachers, coding laboratories and design thinking for kids and talks from those in the digital sector. Introduce youngsters to […]

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Category Winners at Coolest Projects North America

Category Winners at Coolest Projects North America Hundreds of people attended our first-ever Coolest Projects North America on Sunday, 23 September at Discovery Cube Orange County on, to be inspired by more than 100 young people who presented fantastic projects across five categories: Scratch, Websites, Games & Web Games, Mobile Apps, and Hardware. Throughout the […]

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Coolest Projects International 2018: Kobe and Light Up My Helmet

Over the coming weeks we will be featuring some amazing stories from participants of this year’s Coolest Projects International. Today we’re hearing from Kobe, a Ninja from the Zandhoven Dojo in Belgium. Kobe is a 16-year-old industrial sciences student, and I interviewed him about his impressive project Light Up My Helmet, which focuses on bike […]

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Category Winners at Coolest Projects International

Category Winners at Coolest Projects International The seventh annual Coolest Projects International 2018 which took place in Dublin on Saturday May 26th did not disappoint, with an array of Projects across six category areas; Scratch, Websites, Games and Web Games, Mobile Applications, Hardware and Evolution. An expert panel of judges awarded prizes in these six project categories as well as five […]

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Winners of the Six Special Prizes at Coolest Projects International

Harvey, from Dublin scooped the ‘Future Maker’ prize at the seventh annual Coolest Projects International 2018 in Dublin on Saturday for his project Intelligentia. The Future Maker prize, sponsored by Liberty Global celebrates young people who use their coding and creative technology skills to bring about a positive social impact and change in their communities.   “Every […]

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The 1st ever Coolest Projects UK!

On Saturday 28 April we brought together young digital creators from the UK Raspberry Pi community for the first-ever Coolest Projects UK. Coolest Projects started in Dublin seven years ago as an event where Ninjas can showcase the creative projects they had been making throughout the year. Earlier this year we opened up all Coolest […]

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