Last week, we announced that MyMachine Wallonie’s (Belgium) creativity is hitting an all-time high, now, we’re here to touch base on MyMachine Flanders & Brussels’ kick-off. Because the new MyMachine season in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium has also started! Students in primary schools in all provinces of this region have been invited to invent...
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MyMachine Wallonie: Children show us the raw power of creativity
MyMachine Wallonie (Belgium)’s creativity hits an all-time high! The new MyMachine season in the French-speaking part of Belgium has started! Students in primary schools in the provinces of Liège and Luxembourg have been invited to invent their Dream Machine. Anything goes, as long as they really, really want it. These children remind us —the adults—...
Ideation in MyMachine Mexico: video!
Click and get teleported to Mexico: https://fb.watch/twwQ2dSPMc This video lets you become a primary school student who participates in MyMachine Mexico! As the new MyMachine Mexico cycle is off to a splendid start, children in different primary classes have been given the opportunity to invent their Dream Machines! Then, the children discuss which Dream Machine...
Creativity Peak in Mexico!
The creative brains of Mexican primary school children have spoken! The new MyMachine Mexico cycle is off to a splendid start! Children in different primary classes have been given the opportunity to invent their Dream Machines! Then children discuss which Dream Machine they really want to test. Through this funnel, a selection of Dream Machines...
South Africa’s BIG REVEAL OF ELABORATED DREAM MACHINES
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...
South Africa is buzzing: these students bring their ideas to life
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,...
Video: MyMachine Mexico has completed this school year’s MyMachine cycle. this is how it all started
MyMachine Mexico is on a roll. In this school year’s run, they have completed the construction of four Dream Machines. Here’s a fabulous video documentary showing us how it all started: Stay tuned for more updates.
Portugal Is Covered In New Ideas
Mining the unlimited creativity of young Portugal. These brilliant minds are not limited by their knowledge. Therefore, they are totally free of any constraints on their thinking and creativity. And they did come up with groundbreaking ideas! The ones we, adults, would probably boycott the moment they pop up. And that is precisely why MyMachine...
Creativity storm hits Slovakia!
Children in primary classes throughout the country are inventing an unprecedented amount of Dream Machine ideas! University students enter primary classes to invite the children to invent their Dream Machines. Anything goes, as long as they really, really want it. And they want a lot! Some take the opportunity to invent something fun, others for...
Where do those Dream Machine ideas come from?
From Primary School Students of course! A new school year has started in Belgium. A couple of weeks in, this means that ideation starts for sourcing new Dream Machines! MyMachine Liège has launched the participating university students to go into the primary class with the open-ended question: “What Is Your Dream Machine?”. Anything goes, as...
Brand new Dream Machines invented in MyMachine Mexico
We’re so excited that the second edition of MyMachine Mexico has officially kicked off! After the children in primary classes invented their dream machines, our MyMachine Mexico team organised a launch event to celebrate their creativity and entrepreneurial spirits. In this year’s round, students across elementary schools, universities and vocational/technical secondary schools will collaborate in...
Inventing Dream Machines in Portugal
This school year’s ideation in Portugal is a wrap. Children in primary class were invited to invent their Dream Machine, and make a drawing of it. Here is an example of the Furadouro School Complex. The children of the 1st grade presented their Dream Machine: a machine to collect food and help people. After designing...
A massive creative wave is flooding Slovakia!
MyMachine Slovakia has been off to a tremendous start in this year’s MyMachine cycle. A massive creative wave is flooding Slovakia as hundreds of Dream Machines have been invented by students in primary classes throughout the country! University students have entered these primary classes to invite the children to think about their Dream Machine: anything...
First MyMachine pilot kicks off in Spain
What a delight! The MyMachine Catalonia (Spain) pilot cycle has kicked off! University students in the Barcelona area have entered Primary classes to pose the question “What Is Your Dream Machine?” (“Quina és la teva màquina de somni?”) Some 175 primary school children were invited to make a drawing of their Dream Machine. The university...
The first new Dream Machines for this year’s cycle in MyMachine Flanders & Brussels
A Always-Together-Machine, a Music-Wall-On-The-School’s-Playground, a Comfort-Robot, and so many more ideas. We are always amazed by the inventor’s brain of children. University students joined the primary classes to get acquainted with their “customers” and with their customers’ desires. All Primary School Students start from a blank sheet of paper. We believe that creativity arises when...
New Dream Machine ideas in Slovakia
The new MyMachine year in Slovakia has started! A big, beautiful, and magical moment at the beginning of MyMachine: students of the participating universities visit their “customers” – the Primary School Children. They invent their new, amazing dream machines -anything goes, as long as they really, really want it- and draw a picture from their...
MyMachine Flanders & Brussels entering primary classrooms
Last week, creativity was booming again in Belgium. University students went into the primary classrooms to connect with their ‘customers’. And to find out what dream machines they invent and why they specifically invent this one. This time round, more than 100 primary schools across the Flanders and Brussels region of Belgium, participated with their...
Ideation has started in MyMachine Liège!
The first 4 primary schools in Liège (Belgium) have entered the MyMachine Liège stage! University students of the Master in Industrial Engineering entered the primary classrooms to invite the children to invent their dream machine. This Thursday additional primary school classes will be visited to start the ideation. We can’t wait to hear about the first...
MyMachine Slovakia on television news
Look and listen to the children in this Primary School in Slovakia explaining their dream machine! Wonderful documentary by Vychodoslovenska TV on the first step in the MyMachine methodology in this particular school in Slovakia. We see nothing but shining eyes! Thank you to the whole team of MyMachine Slovakia to make this happen!
Yes! New Dream Machine Ideas have been created in Belgium!
Yes! New Dream Machine Ideas have been created in MyMachine Flanders & Brussels (Belgium)! From the city of Bruges (West) to the city of Maaseik (East) primary schools have been exposed to an extreme high dose of creativity. Thanks to the expert guiding of higher education students from Howest University of Applied Sciences and PXL...
New Dream Machine Ideas in Slovakia!
Yes! It’s that marvellous time of the year again in MyMachine Slovakia! University students have entered the primary class rooms to start the collaboration. The children are asked what dream machine they would want to create. They make a drawing and explain their idea to the other children in the classroom. It really is a...
Yes! Brand new dream machine ideas! In Norway!
Yes! It’s that marvellous time of the year again in MyMachine Norway! University students have entered the primary class rooms to start the collaboration. The children are asked what dream machine they would want to create. They make a drawing and explain their idea to the other children in the classroom. It really is a...