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A docking station that charges a phone and, at the same time, shows the people around you whether you are available: a rotating status wheel and a coloured LED driven by an ESP32 that reads the presence status from an online collaboration platform. The housing is plywood and 3D-printed parts; the interesting part is what happens between the object and the internet. The housing is largely pre-assembled before the session, so that the afternoon is not spent on gluing and clamping. Participants wire and solder their own electronics — servo, buttons and an addressable RGB LED — from a wiring diagram, produce the printed status wheel on the UV printer, and mount the mechanism and the screwed panels themselves. The centre of the workshop is the connected part. Participants meet the ESP32 and what its Wi-Fi interface changes compared to a standard Arduino board, then work through how a device asks a service for information: REST requests, the JSON response, the presence states and the token a device needs before it may ask anything at all. The sketch is provided ready-written; participants flash it, read it and adapt the parts that are theirs — credentials, pins, colours and the mapping from status to colour and wheel position. Prior Arduino experience is required.

Target: General

This module introduces students to 3D bodies, 3D technologies, and the basic process of turning an idea into a digital and physical 3D model. Through presentation, demonstration and hands-on work, students learn the difference between 2D and 3D representation, the main groups of 3D technologies (additive, subtractive, forming, digitising), modelling in Onshape, 3D printing and the 3D pen. The same shape is built both by hand (3D pen) and digitally (CAD model, slicing, 3D printer) — so students understand why the digital step exists in the first place.

Target: Unprivileged

The Apprentice Innovation Workshop Series equips participants with practical skills in digital technologies and innovation processes. Throughout the program, apprentices are introduced to Computer-Aided Design (CAD), 3D printing, laser cutting, embedded electronics and programming, artificial intelligence, and project management. Participants work on a practical innovation challenge that is defined in collaboration with their training companies, ensuring that the learning experience is directly connected to real business needs. Between workshop sessions, participants complete manageable assignments that allow them to deepen their knowledge and further develop their projects. Working in interdisciplinary teams, they apply newly acquired skills to design, prototype, and refine innovative solutions while strengthening collaboration, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Target: Other