10 Jun202410th June 2024
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MyMachine on national television in Slovakia

MyMachine on national television in Slovakia

During step 3 of MyMachine (production of the working prototype), we organise a trip for the customers (primary school children) to visit the production facility (the vocational/technical secondary school). This enables them to be introduced into the amazing world of technology, and bringing ideas to life. One of those visits by one of the participating...

01 Mar20241st March 2024
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When The Going Gets Fun, The Fun Get Going

When The Going Gets Fun, The Fun Get Going

From Kosice to Bratislava, Slovakia is engulfed in intergenerational design thinking! Dream Machine Inventors from primary schools are visiting the universities, giving feedback to the university students designing a concept for their Dream Machines. That feedback is brutally honest. In other words: the university students can learn a lot from these amazing, yet demanding customers!...

07 Sep20237th September 2023
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MyMachine Slovakia ambassador video

MyMachine Slovakia ambassador video

Marián Čekovský, Slovakian celeb, became public ambassador for MyMachine Slovakia in 2022. He recently released this video that makes us blush. He promotes our values, inviting all of us to keep dreaming and understanding that our ideas need the respect they deserve: to be explored to their full potential because they might be able to...

09 Jul202313th July 2023
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MyMachine Slovakia exhibition 3: Brand New Dream Machines on display!

MyMachine Slovakia exhibition 3: Brand New Dream Machines on display!

Not one, but three final exhibitions in Slovakia this year! What do you do when there are hundreds and hundreds of students all over the country collaborating in MyMachine? To secure proximity for the involved students, MyMachine Slovakia organises final exhibitions in Banská Bystrica, Kosice, and (capitol) Bratislava. Here’s a glimpse of how the Dream...

03 Jul20233rd July 2023
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MyMachine Slovakia exhibition 2: Brand New Dream Machines on display!

MyMachine Slovakia exhibition 2: Brand New Dream Machines on display!

Not one, but three final exhibitions in Slovakia this year! What do you do when there are hundreds and hundreds of students all over the country collaborating in MyMachine? To secure proximity for the involved students, MyMachine Slovakia organises final exhibitions in Banská Bystrica, Kosice, and (capitol) Bratislava. Here’s a glimpse of how the Dream...

30 Jun202330th June 2023
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MyMachine Slovakia exhibition 1: Brand New Dream Machines on display!

MyMachine Slovakia exhibition 1: Brand New Dream Machines on display!

Not one, but three final exhibitions in Slovakia this year! What do you do when there are hundreds and hundreds of students all over the country collaborating in MyMachine? To secure proximity for the involved students, MyMachine Slovakia organises final exhibitions in Banská Bystrica, Kosice, and (capitol) Bratislava. Here’s a glimpse of how the Dream...

01 Dec20221st December 2022
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A massive creative wave is flooding Slovakia!

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...

12 Oct202212th October 2022
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MyMachine Slovakia LIVE on National Television

MyMachine Slovakia LIVE on National Television

Katarína Durovková from the MyMachine Slovakia team, based out in Bratislava, has been live on the popular morning program Teleráno on national television. Katarína explains the MyMachine methodology, and how it works, with some amazing examples of Dream Machines invented and elaborated in MyMachine Slovakia. This interview is giving widespread exposure to MyMachine in the...

29 Sep20222nd October 2022
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Slovakian Celebrity becomes MyMachine ambassador

Slovakian Celebrity becomes MyMachine ambassador

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...

05 Jul20225th July 2022
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MyMachine Slovakia Exhibition 2022 Part 3!

MyMachine Slovakia Exhibition 2022 Part 3!

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...

28 Apr202228th April 2022
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2nd Inauguration of completed Dream Machines in MyMachine Slovakia

2nd Inauguration of completed Dream Machines in MyMachine Slovakia

“Our participation in MyMachine strengthened our relationships”, Technical/Vocational High School students Filip, Jakub and Kristof. 10-year old Janko: “It’s great to bring something to life that once was only on paper”. April 21st, the annual World Creativity and Innovation Day doubled as the day of MyMachine Slovakia Prešov Expo. After the inauguration of the ‘Karts...

08 Nov20218th November 2021
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Talking Impact! – MyMachine Slovakia

Talking Impact! – MyMachine Slovakia

It’s always a blast when we can share impact stories! Karin Kolesárová, university student TUKE University: “I like connecting school knowledge with practice, and I’m looking for exciting opportunities that will help me develop not only my portfolio but also my overall mindset when designing projects. In MyMachine, I learned to work together and understand...

28 Oct202128th October 2021
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New Dream Machine ideas in Slovakia

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...

08 Oct20218th October 2021
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MyMachine Slovakia Exposition in Bratislava

MyMachine Slovakia Exposition in Bratislava

MyMachine Slovakia organised their 2021 Exposition in Bratislava, putting those dream machines on display created by Western Slovak schools. Photo: Renáta Černayová – The travel rocket that will transport them to four places on Earth.   The MyMachine Expo at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava united all...

28 Jun202128th June 2021
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MyMachine Slovakia presenting first Dream Machine Prototypes of this cycle

MyMachine Slovakia presenting first Dream Machine Prototypes of this cycle

At the beautiful campus of Žilina University, MyMachine Slovakia handed over the first two working prototypes. The Child-Inventors from primary schools in Žilina and Tvrdošína could finally discover the final version of their computer games Adventure of Strelka and Mobilodronom in Slovakia.   Students of the UNIZA Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology programmed...

04 Jun20214th June 2021
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Article on MyMachine Slovakia in national newspaper

Article on MyMachine Slovakia in national newspaper

Bratislava calling!  Thank you Teraz.sk for this article on MyMachine Slovakia! With some amazing quotes from business and university point of view : Veronika Klesniaková from BBSK, highlighting the benefits of the intergenerational approach within MyMachine; and Michaela Hnilicová from the Technical University in Zvolen, highlighting the powerful mix of creativity, innovation and technology within...

23 Mar202123rd March 2021
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Technical Secondary involvement in game development in Slovakia

Technical Secondary involvement in game development in Slovakia

Early February in MyMachine Slovakia, students of FEIT-Fakulta elektrotechniky a informačných technológií, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology at UNIZA university met with high school students from Súkromná škola umeleckého priemyslu, in Žilina. After the children in primary school invented the Talking Cat as their dream machine, these students came up with the idea of translating...

07 Mar20218th March 2021
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MyMachine Slovakia design-input from the primary school children

MyMachine Slovakia design-input from the primary school children

After inventing their dream machine, the children in the primary class have regular opportunities to connect with the university students who are designing a concept for their dream machine. While the university students are having meetings with professionals from the technical secondary schools, industry and the MyMachine community on the proposed concepts, the most engaging...

13 Feb202113th February 2021
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Article in Slovakian Newspaper examining the power of MyMachine for the education system

Article in Slovakian Newspaper examining the power of MyMachine for the education system

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...

14 Jul202014th July 2020
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The Positive News Agency Dobre Noviny Article on MyMachine

The Positive News Agency Dobre Noviny Article on MyMachine

It’s a never ending good feeling to be on the positive side of news. But this one is extra special: Dobre Noviny is a positive news agency in Slovakia. This article on MyMachine Slovakia is bringing an update on the current MyMachine cycle and the plans for the 2020 MyMachine Slovakia exhibition later this year....

14 Feb202019th February 2020
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MyMachine Slovakia on National Television

MyMachine Slovakia on National Television

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!

13 Feb202013th February 2020
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MyMachine Slovakia Work In Progress Part 2 (on Slovakian television)

MyMachine Slovakia Work In Progress Part 2 (on Slovakian television)

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...

11 Feb202011th February 2020
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MyMachine Slovakia Work In Progress Part 1 (on national television)

MyMachine Slovakia Work In Progress Part 1 (on national television)

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...

07 Feb202011th February 2020
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President of Slovakia Zuzana Čaputová on MyMachine

President of Slovakia Zuzana Čaputová on MyMachine

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...

06 Feb20206th February 2020
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MyMachine Design Thinking talk at T-Systems Slovakia

MyMachine Design Thinking talk at T-Systems Slovakia

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...

18 Dec201918th December 2019
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Students team up with Magna-company experts in Slovakia

Students team up with Magna-company experts in Slovakia

It’s always a thrill to see the connections between the university students participating in MyMachine and professionals from companies. This time round the engineering students from TUKE university are discussing their solutions with the professionals from our main company partner Magna PT s.r.o., the leading manufacturer of gearboxes in Slovakia. The Magna experts and senior...

19 Nov201919th November 2019
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MyMachine Slovakia on television news

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!  

02 Nov20192nd November 2019
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Ideation in MyMachine Slovakia on a roll!

Ideation in MyMachine Slovakia on a roll!

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...

29 Oct201929th October 2019
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Inventing Dream Machines in Slovakia! Part 2!

Inventing Dream Machines in Slovakia! Part 2!

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...

21 Oct201924th October 2019
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New Dream Machine Ideas in Slovakia!

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...

17 Jun201917th June 2019
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Viktor Javorek on his MyMachine experience

Viktor Javorek on his MyMachine experience

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...

05 Jun20195th June 2019
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Announcing the MyMachine Slovakia 2019 Exhibition

Announcing the MyMachine Slovakia 2019 Exhibition

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...

29 May20194th June 2019
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Announcing the MyMachine Slovakia Exhibition 2019

Announcing the MyMachine Slovakia Exhibition 2019

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...

08 Apr20198th April 2019
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MyMachine Slovakia on national television

MyMachine Slovakia on national television

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...

15 Feb201921st February 2019
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Elementary School children visit the university

Elementary School children visit the university

On Friday 15th, MyMachine Slovakia visited the žilinskú university with the primary school inventors from Zilina. The students visited the School of Multimedia at the university. They learned about how a TV-studio works, how a control room is operated and how a Green Screen works. The Green Screen, like the one in this Green Key...

07 Feb20197th February 2019
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MyMachine Slovakia on National Radio RTVS

MyMachine Slovakia on National Radio RTVS

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...

17 Dec201817th December 2018
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MyMachine Slovakia Work-In-Progress event 2018-2019

MyMachine Slovakia Work-In-Progress event 2018-2019

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...

24 Oct201824th October 2018
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MyMachine Slovakia kicking off their 2018-2019 season in Drienove

MyMachine Slovakia kicking off their 2018-2019 season in Drienove

MyMachine Slovakia launched their 2018-2019 season at the elementary school in Drienove. This is the first class room where the University Students from the Technical University of Kosice (TUKE) went to engage with the elementary school children at Step 1 of the MyMachine methodology.   To be able to witness the creative power of those...

27 Sep201827th September 2018
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MyMachine Slovakia Exhibition 2018

MyMachine Slovakia Exhibition 2018

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,...

20 Apr201617th March 2017
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a new franchise has been signed: welcome MyMachine Slovakia!

a new franchise has been signed: welcome MyMachine Slovakia!

We are very honored to announce that MyMachine has signed a new franchise agreement. The Carpathian Foundation has taken a franchise to start MyMachine Slovakia. This means that MyMachine, honored by United Nations, is now in on 3 continents in 7 countries: Belgium, France, Slovenia, Portugal, Slovakia, South Africa and USA. The MyMachine Foundation is...