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, […]
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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Sofia and Mihai, both aged 9, travelled to Coolest Projects International 2019 from Slatina in Romania, where they attend a Code Club in their community. Sofia and Mihai both love animals, and created their project, Friendship Saves Endangered Species, to raise awareness about the fragile ecosystem. New friends and new skills For Sofia and Mihai, […]
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Jack, Bethan, Elsa, Lily, and Tara (all aged between 11 and 12), a team from a Code Club in Scotland, travelled to Dublin to present their project at Coolest Projects International 2019, having participated in Coolest Projects UK a few months earlier. Their project, M.A.D. About Litter, was inspired by concerns about the planet and […]
Ana (18) and Isabel (12) both attend the Esposende @ Associação de Cidadãos de Esposende Dojo in Portugal, and were able to participate in Coolest Projects International 2019 thanks to a travel bursary. Their project, Animal Friends, was a system to allow pet owners to interact with their pets when the owners are away from […]
Dimitris, Petros B., and Petros T. are members of the Thessaloniki Dojo in Greece. They received a travel bursary to present their project, Hear2See [H2C], at Coolest Projects International 2019. Their project was created using a Raspberry Pi 2 and used Braille to assist people with visual impairments to read menus at restaurants. Energy and […]
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With the help of a travel bursary, Andy Emre Kocak, aged 13, travelled from Istanbul to Dublin in May 2019 to attend Coolest Projects International. Andy traveled with other members of the Hisar School’s coding club, including his teammate, Alp, aged 14. Andy and Alp presented their project uPi Robot Kit, a Raspberry Pi–powered kit […]
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