This is Marián Čekovský: a moderator, entertainer, musician, singer, and leader of Marián Čekovský Band. He is in the top rankings of the most popular personalities on Slovak television. As an entertainer and improvisator, he has no competition; nothing can surprise him on stage. He is a multi-instrumentalist and one of the most acknowledged musicians...
Tuesday, June 28th: MyMachine Slovakia hosted its third 2022 exhibition, this time in Kosice (East Slovakia). This exhibition showcased Dream Machines invented and build by students from the Eastern part of the country. From the coffee-making machine to the music-making machine: each one sprung from the imagination of primary school students and was brought to...
Bratislava is setting the scene for a new alliance with its universities in Slovakia. This newspaper article titles: “The Children Will Not Wait Project: Universities should work with other school levels”. Slovakia envisages in the forthcoming partnership agreement the connection of universities to science and employers, while the proposals completely omitted the emphasis on cooperation...
Slovakian University Student Lukáš participated in MyMachine Slovakia in the 2019-2020 edition. He made a video encouraging new university students to follow in his footsteps; to take part in MyMachine as it brings invaluable experiences. Lukáš talks about what he thinks MyMachine is giving him / gave him: school can teach you a lot of...
MyMachine Slovakia is hiring! Our partner Karpatska Nadacia is the driving force behind MyMachine Slovakia and they are expanding the program to the West of the country. This job vacancy is a part-time job and is looking for a project coordinator in or around the capital Bratislava. This person will report directly to the MyMachine...
One dream machine from this year’s run in MyMachine Slovakia has been completed! We proudly introduce you to MyMachine MiniGames. The first computer game that was created in MyMachine Slovakia. The MiniGames were based on ideas from children from Hroncova primary school in Košice. The production of the MiniGames was done by students of FEIT...
Proud moment again from MyMachine Slovakia! RTVS covers the Work In Progress Part 2 at TUKE University in Kosice. Check out the wonderful dynamics and the shining eyes of the students and educators! It starts at 43:22: RTVS Documentary on MyMachine. Thank you to all involved for making this event such a success!
Work-In-Progress is the exquisite moment in which the customers -the dream machine inventors from primary class rooms- give their final feedback to the university students, who have been translating the dream machine ideas into a concept. MyMachine Slovakia has participating schools in different parts of the country. That is why their Work-In-Progress event is now...
Work-In-Progress is the exquisite moment in which the customers -the dream machine inventors from primary class rooms- give their final feedback to the university students, who have been translating the dream machine ideas into a concept. MyMachine Slovakia has participating schools in different parts of the country. That is why their Work-In-Progress event is now...
BREAKING NEWS: The presidential palace of President of Slovakia Zuzana Čaputová is safe from bad ghosts! At the occasion of the 25th Anniversary Gala from the Carpathian Foundation, the President spoke about the importance of the work of The Carpathian Foundation for Eastern Slovakia and for the whole of Slovakia. On Thursday February 6, the...
Co-Founder Piet Grymonprez had the privilege to talk this morning about design thinking for 50 co-workers at the Experience Lab of the second largest employer of Eastern Slovakia: T-Systems Slovakia. Thank you to all at T-Systems who were involved for having us and thank you for the big amount of new dream machine ideas invented...
Higher Education Students participating in MyMachine, go through an amazing hands-on experience (including budget restraints and deadlines), similar to their future jobs: they learn to listen to their customer, in this case the Primary School child (a very demanding and brutally honest customer by the way); they learn to use their own knowledge and knowhow...
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!
This week was another invention week in Slovakia! Step 1 of MyMachine is when university students enter the Primary School for the ideation process. This time round, the university students of the faculty of Mechanical Engineering and of the Faculty of the Arts at TUKE University (Kosice) witnessed the children at the primary school in...
Last week MyMachine Slovakia had yet another invention workshop. This time with the young students at the primary school in Košice. University students of the faculties of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies entered the primary classroom to elaborate the creativity session with the young inventors. The university students have now started to translate those ideas...
MyMachine Slovakia is featured in IndexMag. The beautiful article explains how MyMachine works and elaborates on the MyMachine Slovakia exhibition in June. Read the article here: https://indexmag.sk/2019/06/19/5-novych-vynalezov-sa-predstavilo-na-mymachine-slovakia-expo-2019/ IndexMag is an initiative by Kosice IT Valley. In the development of the IT industry in the Košice region cluster Košice IT Valley plays an important role. The association was established...
When we asked Viktor what he’d taken away from his participation in MyMachine Slovakia as a product design student at the Technical University of Kosice (Tuke), he said “there’s a lot to say about that: the anxiety of having to work for young children, the promise them that a solution will be found and the...
You’re Invited! The 2019 MyMachine Slovakia Exhibition opens on June 18th. At 10am the hundreds of students, teachers and professors who participated in MyMachine will gather to discover and test the working prototypes of five invented dream machines. The exhibition will take place at the Library of the Technical University of Kosice (TUKE): Němcovej 7, 042...
Mark your calendars! June 18th starting at 10am, all students from primary, secondary and higher education will gather at the MyMachine Slovakia 2019 exhibition to explore the working prototypes from the dream machines invented by the primary school children. The exhibition will be at the Technical University of Kosice (TUKE). The day will start at...
During the last week of March, all MyMachine Coordinators from around the world gathered in the Annual MyMachine Coordinators Meeting. This year, MyMachine Slovakia was the host of the meeting. The 2 day meeting took place in Kosice, where the Carpathian Foundation has its offices. The meeting offers the opportunity to share expertise and knowhow...
Last December, MyMachine Slovakia hosted their Work-In-Progress event. The fine moment in the MyMachine methodology when the primary school children visit the university to discuss and give feedback on the concepts defined by the college students. Now, national Radio and Television of Slovakia (Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska) or RTVS has broadcasted on Rádio Regina a...
Last Friday, MyMachine Slovakia hosted their 2018-2019 Work-In-Progress event. It’s the fine moment in the MyMachine methodology where Step 2 is almost finished. The inventor-children have been working with the university students to translate their idea into a concept. At this Work-In-Progress event the inventor-children get the opportunity to discover a small-scale model of their...
Previously we reported on the wonderful opening day of the MyMachine Slovakia Exhibition 2018 in Kosice. Now MyMachine Slovakia has shared a video of that wonderful moment:
It was a magnificent day in Kosice. The second largest city of Slovakia woke up to the day that would mark the second MyMachine Slovakia Exhibition since the Carpathian Foundation started MyMachine in september 2016. Campus Gallery of the Technical University Kosice was the agora for all MyMachine Slovakia participants: all the elementary school children,...
