On January 26th, 2015, the National Network for Educational Robotics, whose leading school is San Giorgio Nautical School of Genoa) starts a new cycle of educational and training courses. Read more
The first laboratory of the Firewall project took place at Genoa Cicagna Middle School. Privacy issues of social networking sites. Read more
Guess who participated to the "hour of code" with Nao the Robot in Washington D.C?! President Barack Obama. Hour of Code™ is a campaign to show that anyone can learn the basics of coding and become a maker, a creator, an innovator. It’s a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify "code". We’re targeting our activities at secondary school students, but anyone is free to participate. Read more
The Milano Fabbrica del Vapore (Steam Factory) will host the FIRST® LEGO® League Final tournamen (6-7 March, 2015). Every team could set its own stroll displaying their projects, ideas, banner and school logo's. Get ready for a whole new class – FLL WORLD CLASS! - See more at: http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/2014fllworldclass#sthash.kfq7RyfH.dpuf Read more
We have just reached the end of a really excellent period in the history of the European Robotics Week and one which has highlighted the growing prominence of Robotics in Europe. We received many registrations, which resulted in almost 500 events being held around Europe. Many of these events were in countries where Robotics Week was being held for the first time, such as Croatia and Israel. Read more
On December 2014 the laboratories of the project "FIREWALL: Safe and Responsbile Use of Internet" (funded by Compagnia di San Paolo) are starting. Leading Partner: School of Robotics. Read more
Robotics firm Aldebaran brings the humanoid robot NAO in a Europan tour. In Italy, Genoa is one of the city where NAO TOUR worlshops are hosted. On November 25th, two workshops are going to be held on programming NAO: One in the morning at CNR, and one in the afternoon at San Giorgio High School. Don't miss NAO in Genoa! Read more
The European Digital Girl of the Year is an international award, part of the Ada Awards, which is aimed at promoting the use of digital skills among girls.Among this year's finalists, there is a nine years old NAO developer! Following the footsteps of her father Dave, Anne Snowdon is interested in digital technologies. She is member of the coding club of her school and she programs thanks to drag and drop solutions such as Scracth or Choregraphe. Read more
A Responsible Internet Navigation is the aim of the FIREWALL project. As the internet becomes an increasingly important tool in our day, and as more and more boys and girls surf the web expressing themselves. The risks involved in using it properly and the need to protect young people. Read more
AICA (Associazione Italiana per il Calcolo Automatico) is holding its National Congress in Milan. The main issues is the lip from the digital world to the physical one, from bits to atoms. The need to revamp artcraft and manufacture adding to it the richness of ICT is opening up an intense discussion and fablab initiatives. School of Robotics is present with a coloured and well-stocked parterre of robots. Read more
