A day full of curiosity, feedback, fun, and technology! Throughout Slovakia, children from primary schools visited participating universities to give feedback on the proposed design for the Dream Machines they invented. At first, university students presented them with the concepts they designed for their Dream Machines. The child-inventors could voice their feedback. They are tough...
The second cycle of MyMachine Armenia reached a major milestone last week, moving from childhood dreams to engineering reality. Hosted at the American University of Armenia (AUA) in Yerevan, the event marked the official kickoff of the Concept Phase, where the whimsical ideas of primary school children begin their transformation into technical designs. Following the successful ideation sessions held earlier...
MyMachine USA is in the middle of their current run for 25-26. Dream Machines have been invented, and now the university students are challenged to design a Concept. Recently, MyMachine USA held a session with college students, during which they presented their early designs and received feedback and ideas for revisions. This resembles a lot...
University students presenting the concepts they created for the invented Dream Machines. It’s an intense moment for the university students participating in MyMachine Norway (Europe). Here’s a glimpse of the work done by the interdisciplinary collaboration with Master’s students in Design and Engineering Management from the Faculty of Technology and Industry, University of Agder. They...
University students wrap up their work: after multiple months of designing a Concept for the invented Dream Machines, they present their final Concept.It’s an intense moment for the multidisciplinary teams participating in MyMachine Flanders & Brussels (Belgium, Europe). College students are multidisciplinary teams of students in a.o. product design, teacher training, occupational therapy, and technology....
The child-inventors visit the university to discuss the designed Concept for their Dream Machine. MyMachine Wallonie (Belgium) invited the Primary School Students to visit the universities. Here are some pictures from this occasion at the HELMo – Gramme (university), where the students welcomed the children to share with them all the plans and technical details,...
In MyMachine Wallonie (Belgium), step 2 of the MyMachine methodology kicked in. This phase is when university students are challenged to develop multiple solutions for the requested Dream Machines. They explain their concepts in a meeting with industry experts, vocational secondary school teachers, university professors and the MyMachine team. Throughout this session at the participating...
In late December, MyMachine Wallonie (Belgium, Europe) organised two Work-In-Progress events. A key step in our methodology: primary students discover the concept models of their Dream Machines, developed by higher education students. A moment full of exchange, creativity and inspiration, where ideas come to life! The moment when university students understand that working for brutally...
Higher Education Students go through an amazing hands-on experience of their future jobs:– They learn to listen to their customer, in this case, the Primary School Child (a very demanding customer, by the way).– They learn to use their own knowledge and know-how to translate the idea into a concept. – They learn to take...
The Battle Bot, Darth Vader Rugby, and Magic Booshelf! Grade 2 learners from Jan van Riebeeck Primary School have spoken. Or better yet: have invented and drawn their inventions. These design briefs have been given to 3rd year Industrial Design students at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) who designed these Dream Machines. And after an...
The Battle Bot, Darth Vader Rugby, and Magic Booshelf! The primary school students participating in MyMachine South Africa, have spoken! These design briefs have been given to 3rd year Industrial Design students at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) who are now designing a concept. Some amazing Dream Machines were invented, like The Battle Bot,...
It was an extraordinary day full of creativity and wonder. 130 child inventors had the opportunity to discover the scale models of the machines they imagined. These scale models are made by university students from HELMo – Gramme and HEPL – Haute Ecole de la Province de Liège. Watching the eyes of the ‘clients’ (the...
In the framework of MyMachine Slovakia, the end of November and the beginning of December are all about MyMachine meetings, where the first concepts for the new Dream Machines are being discussed. University students meet professionals of our industry partners Stredná odborná škola technická v Humennom, Nadácia Volkswagen Slovakia, Magna International, Duálna Akadémia, Deutsche Telekom...
Autumn’s finest moment in Norway! The Work-In-Progress event of MyMachine Norway. Over one hundred primary school children visited the university to test and evaluate the early prototypes made by arts and engineering students. This is the final step in the making of a concept of Dream Machines like the World-Changing-Lie-Detector, the Self-Driving-Fantasy-Transport-machine —which can prepare...
MyMachine Slovakia has successfully completed the second phase of the MyMachine methodology this year. University students designed a concept for the children’s inventions. This is the right time to ask for final feedback from the ‘clients’: university students are curious about what the children will say, and honestly – a little nervous, yet, they do...
