Robotics for Kids workshop at the Europa Festival 2012
Yesterday, May 12 2012, the European Institutions in Brussels were open to all citizens to celebrate the European Festival 2012. Hundreds of animations, stands, concerts and activities were organised...
View ArticleDEVOXX4Kids is coming!
The project has been brewing since quite a bit of time already. Especially due to the work for the DEVOXX conference, the preparation got a bit delayed. But now we are ready! The first two DEVOXX4Kids...
View ArticleOne Year of Sagan-1 ~ Adventures in Pictures
After one year of existence of the Sagan-1 robot simulator, I’ve put together a video with pictures of all events where the application has been used by girls and boys. Originally, I wrote the software...
View ArticleDEVOXX4Kids – We are on a Mission!
Now that DEVOXX4Kids has been announced in the keynote of DEVOXX 2012 in front of 3000 people, I can eventually publish the official video. During the keynote, Stephan made a call for action! He...
View ArticleGirls Robotics Workshop at OSCON 2012
In July 2012, a friend of mine and I went to OSCON, O’Reilly’s Open-Source Convention, to organise a “Girls Robotics Workshop”. It was an exciting adventure and I would like to share some impressions...
View ArticlePresentation of DEVOXX 4 Kids at WaJUG Liège
Mid of September, a part of the DEVOXX 4 Kids Belgium team went to the WaJUG (Wallonia Java User Group) to present the project and show what we plan to do with the kids. Here are some impressions:...
View ArticleDevoxx 4 Kids project wins Duke Choice Award 2013
In conjunction with JavaOne San Francisco 2013, Oracle and the Java Community did recognize Devoxx4Kids for their creative and innovative uses of Java technology and awarded the entire Devoxx4Kids...
View ArticleNAO at the Kids Entertainment Fair Anima’Art 2013
The Anima’Art fair happened September the 14th and 15th 2013 in Charleroi, Belgium. The theme was “Kid Entertainment” and the different art forms around this topic. Since the organisers are good...
View ArticleDevoxx4Kids Belgium 2013
D4K BE ’13 is a wrap. During the two weekends of the 6th and the 12th of October, the team held one session in French and one in Dutch. This year, NAO was not only entertainer, but actually there to...
View ArticleDevoxx4Kids event in Nantes, France, February 2014
Le 8 février 2014, à la Cantine du numérique de Nantes, en partenariat avec ADN’Ouest, le Google Developper Group (GDG), le Java Users Group (JUG) et Devoxx4Kids France était organisé le premier...
View ArticleFirst Devoxx4Kids event in Paris, April 2014
On the 5th of April 2014, Pierre and I went to Paris in order to participate on the first ever Devoxx4Kids Paris event. The Devoxx4Kids France coordination team, Audrey and Claude, were very busy...
View ArticleDEVOXX Paris 2014
April, 16th anno 2014! Time again for the French edition of the DEVOXX conference, as usual in the city of lights: Paris. Normally, this event is my “relax and enjoy” conference. No work, just...
View ArticleDevoxx4Kids Geneva – May 2014
The 17th of May 2014, we went to Geneva, Switzerland, to give our NAO workshop at the local D4K event. It was a long and a short stay, but we met amazing passionate people and about 60 nice and cool...
View ArticleFirst Devoxx4Kids event in London
The very first edition of Devoxx4Kids in the UK took place 1 week ago, on 14st of June 2014 in London. Organising such an event just after a conference, the DEVOXX UK in this case, was quite...
View ArticleEuropean Ada Awards 2014 – Digital Girl of the Year
The year 2014 is the second year in which the EU Ada Awards are appointed to outstanding women and girls active in STEM and to organisations for promoting girls and women in STEM (Science, Technology,...
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