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On Sunday 26 February, CERN hosted the newest edition of Devoxx4kids, a series of computing, robotics and electronics workshops for kids. MINECRAFT PARKOUR SERVERS The occasion was organised within the context of the VoxxedDays CERN developers convention, held at CERN the earlier day.

Various workshops - “Minis” for the 4-6 yr-olds, “Kids” for the 7-10 yr-olds and “Teens” for the 11-15 year-olds - gave the kids an insight into programming and electronics via robots and games. About 70 youngsters came along and had been in a position to show off to their mother and father how that they had managed to programme a NAO robot to have a converstation with them or a Thymio robotic to comply with a path on a map, or how they'd altered the famous Minecraft recreation or developed an interactive quiz on a pc using Scratch.

Devoxx4Kids was established in Antwerp, Belgium, on the fringes of the nicely-established Devoxx convention for Java programmers. Since its institution, Devoxx4kids has brought smiles to thousands of children’s faces in 22 nations. Run by a crew of volunteers headed by Xavier Bourguignon, the Swiss version of the conference is now into its eighth 12 months. “Bringing Devoxx4kids to CERN and having it in the Globe is a dream come true!” says Xavier. Organising workshops in one of the excessive temples of science, where the web was born, sends out a strong sign to the youngsters (and their mother and father). I hope Devoxx4kids will typically come again to CERN sooner or later.”

Joao Silva, organiser of Voxxed Days CERN and CERN coordinator of Devoxx4kids provides: “The purpose of the workshops is to stimulate curiosity and the imagination, and to point out what can be carried out with science and know-how. These workshops lead the youngsters to discover that, by video games, they can be the creators of tomorrow. Education is considered one of CERN’s core missions, so hosting an occasion like Devoxx4kids here is solely in line with our work.