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 […]
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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17-year-old Estela Liobikaitė from Strokestown, Co. Roscommon, will be one of the first makers to enter the category for 3D and animation at Coolest Projects International, the global tech showcase for young people. The event will take place on Bank Holiday Sunday, 5 May, in the RDS, Dublin. The category was introduced this year for […]
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By Sandra Fitzgerald My son began to code in 2016 when he joined the CoderDojo in his primary school, and he has developed a project to bring to Coolest Projects International every year since. He has autism and is highly sensory, so large, bustling events would always be a challenge for our family. But we […]
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Meriem, 15, made the ‘Be Healthy’ app and presented it at Coolest Projects UK in 2018. The app was made to advise users on healthy eating, prototyped on an app design platform – “Healthy eating advice, support for diabetic people, personalised diet plan according to your health conditions.” For Meriem, this project was motivated by […]
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From Bucharest, Romania Noemi, Matei and Alexandra created a Minecraft world where players can connect to the world online to play together. The team, aged between nine and 16, had always been interested in technology. Minecraft games were described by the girls as ‘the games of [their] childhood’. They had played a lot of them […]
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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 International was my first major event as part of the CoderDojo Foundation team and I was both nervous and excited to begin the process and preparation for the event. With the move to a bigger space this year, Coolest Projects took on an exciting new challenge after leaving its home of 2 years […]
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