During the “AI for Making” workshop, Georg Regal, Diotima Bertel and Christine Wahlmüller-Schiller from the AIT Center for Technology Experience taught pupils from a new secondary school in Vienna’s Floridsdorf district what “making” is (creative hands-on work using new technologies and a variety of methods and materials), what role artificial intelligence can play in practice, and how many potential applications there are. During the workshop, the children, aged 11 to 12, were given the chance to get hands-on with two ‘challenges’:
Challenge 1: Work together to create a picture of the ‘smart workshop of the future’
Challenge 2: What does a smart object look like? For example, a smart flowerpot that talks to me and tells me how my plants are doing
It was lovely to see the enthusiasm and eagerness with which the children worked together to develop their creative ideas using a wide variety of materials – such as paper, pens, Lego bricks, modelling clay and bendable rods – whilst having lots of fun. The Pop*Up project, led by Georg Regal from the AIT Center for Technology Experience, also focuses on diversity in ‘making’. It centers on the development of mobile makerspaces and the promotion of STEM skills among children and young people. Find out more here: https://presse.ait.ac.at/news-ait-forschung-zu-making-zugang-fuer-alle-schaffen?id=236078&menueid=33891&l=deutsch
The Industry Children’s Day was organized by the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV) in collaboration with Science Pool. The aim is to spark an early interest in technical and scientific subjects among children and young people.
In addition to the AIT, workshops were also held by Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co, KG, Energie AG Oberösterreich, FACC, Infineon Technologies Austria AG, ÖBB, OMV AG, Siemens AG Austria, UNIQA Insurance Group, voestalpine High Performance Metals and Wiener Stadtwerke
Nachlese zum Kindertag der Industrie der IV (in German)
photos: AIT/Christine Wahlmüller-Schiller
