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“Pricka soptunnan” dagens innovationsutmaning!

Bastasjö Friskola åk 5 var på besök med 25 kids som var sugna på förstå mer kring teknikens möjligheter. Under en session i makerspacet fick de av Professor Tobias Larsson en kortare inblick i hur teknikutvecklingen har gett människan en bättre tillvaro, men också vilka problem och utmaningar det fört med sig, främst kring miljön. Sharing       

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Blivande uppfinnare på sportlovsbesök!

Produktutvecklingslabbet bjöd in till en eftermiddag i Karlskrona Makerspace där ungdomar fick delta i årets sportlovsaktivitet; att i team klura på ett problem och sedan uppfinna sig en lösning till problemet. Forskarna Tobias Larsson och Omsri Aedulla Kumar berättade kort om problemlösningsprocessen och vilket material de hade att jobba med för att lösa utmaningen. Med […]

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Invigning av Blue Science Park

I måndags var det invigning av Blue Science Park Karlskrona, ett samarbete mellan Karlskrona kommun, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Landstinget Blekinge och näringslivet. Verksamheten leds av Magnus Forsbrand, och tanken är: “I Blue Science Park Karlskrona möts forskningen och de behov som finns i näringslivet och den offentliga verksamheten för att bygga upp spetskompetens och fånga upp nya […]

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Hyperloop Young Makers

In our way of fostering maker culture among the engineers of tomorrow, we let loose the young guns upon the Hyperloop idea and let them prototype pods for this emerging fifth mode of transport.

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LittleBits Star Wars Bitwars event

A saturday morning, young apprentices gathered at the BTH Karlskrona Makerspace for a day of deep dive into Star Wars themed LittleBits play! Fueled by theme music, and 1st generation fans (coaches, parents etc.) they immediately started the ideation; ligthsabre, movie scene, droid… Hmm. Tough choices! Having the chance to play around with Sphero BB8, and […]

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Volvo CE Specialist & iCoach days 2015

The yearly gathering of global innovation coaches (iCoaches) and specialists took place for some days in Eskilstuna. The Munktell Museum provided an excellent back-drop, and inspiration, with the 180 year industrial history behind Volvo Construction Equipment. The BTH research team of Professor Tobias Larsson, and Assistant Professor Christian Johansson (boosted also with entrepreneur Sebastian Sjöberg) supported VCE within […]

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LittleBits school workshop

During a day, 9th grade kids were invited for an innovation workshop. Exploring efficiency (through assembling a torch faster and faster), planning, and innovation was the task at hand. Using littleBits, Lego Mindstorms, 3D printing and lowtech workshop material we explored the process of needfinding, ideation, and prototyping of solutions. Professor Tobias Larsson and PhD […]

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Karlskrona Makerspace a littleBits Global Chapter

We recently added littleBits to our Karlskrona Makerspace as a rapid prototyping resource. Now we have officially become a global chapter in the littleBits programme; littleBits Karlskrona chapter. This means that we will host continuous programming and at least eight events per year. These events are open for all you makers out there, and will let […]

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