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Thursday 4 July 2019
Aruba Maker Expo

ORANJESTAD — Art, sci- art, science and technol- schools and introduced
ence and technology are ogy that they have been this dynamic world to more
the ingredients for a FREE working on for the school than 1000 students with the
event coming Sunday at year 2018-2019. During the goal to promote technol-
the National Library of Aru- year participants were en- ogy and innovation to the
ba. From 11 in the morn- gaged in expos, workshops young generation.
ing until 8 in the evening and other activities. Maker
you are welcome to hop in Expo is a celebration of the The expo will show the
and enjoy the Aruba Maker culture of innovation and following works: EPB San
Expo. experiments on the island. Nicolas: aeroponics, Ma-
ria College: solar buggy,
40 ‘makers’ exhibit their The Mo-B Lab which is an EPI: several projects on
completed projects of innovation bus visited 16 technics, Citizen Science

from Metabolic founda- Irvin Aguilar lo , Jess Wolff.
tion, miniature boats from There is also the opportuni-
Stichting Rancho, Aruba ty to practice yourself with
Drone Racing, Winston Hour of Code, electrical
with sinus and cosinus on tests, making products with
Scratch, ISA Maker Space recycled materials, creat-
& Makerpedia, Chocolate ing tiny libraries from pallet
3D printer from Divi Resort, wood, dance with Artificial
Frolijk 3D, Milo Croes 3D Intelligence from Google
printing, O4IA CNC furni- and much more. Of course
ture, Archeo 3D scans, drinks and healthy snacks
Scubble bubbles, Design di are available.
Flie, Hour of Code, Futura,
B||Lab, Atech, Mo-B lab, Metabolic Foundation in-
Robotics Club, Tiny Librar- vites everyone to come
ies with Mondiero, Lego and enjoy this wonderful
with Gerlitza, Foraging event. More information
with Taki, Electric Vehicles is to be found at Face-
from Andre Loonstra, Plas- book: Metabolic Founda-
tic Recycling with Plastic tion or biblioteca nacional
Beach Party, Velvet and aruba.q