20 Jun201710/07/2017
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MyMachine-exhibition 2017 opening

MyMachine-exhibition 2017 opening

Finally we were given the opportunity to show off the fantastic machines from this first pilot of MyMachine Norway!  The machines where: Rainbow Machine Icecream machine Go-Robin machine Do-Anything machine We really appreciated everybody that came to visit us on this opening day. Slettheia School, Øvre Slettheia School and the International School. We also had...

07 Apr201710/07/2017
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Process exhibition in Grimstad

Process exhibition in Grimstad

April 6th, we invited both Slettheia School, Upper Slettheia School, The International School and Kvadraturen School Center to Grimstad. This was an opportunity for everybody to see their own machine in process, and give feedback to the university students . Everybody also got to see how the other machines looked like for the first time. Before the busses arrived at...

15 Mar201711/07/2017
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The assembly is in progress!

The assembly is in progress!

We have now been on a visit to Kvadraturen Skolesenter, where students from TIP (Technic and Industrial Production) are working on making parts and mounting the Rainbow Machine. They are so good 😀    This will be really good. We are going back in a couple of weeks to mount the electronics and other elements....

17 Feb201711/07/2017
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3D Model

3D Model

The digital model is ready. I have been drawing a 3D model of the rainbow-machine at the University engineering lab. All knobs, lights and electronics are in order, and I’m excitedly waiting for the parts to arrive trough mail 😀 This is EL Wire, and it will be used for the rainbow which will be...

10 Feb201705/07/2017
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Concept development

Concept development

It was so fun to see all the ideas for this machine, and there was a lot of them! 🙂 I have brought with me the idea that this machine makes something, but instead of hearts and starts it became harts and fotballs. The machine has a button on its chest and a rainbow will...

03 Feb201705/07/2017
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Idea meeting in Grimstad!

Idea meeting in Grimstad!

All the workshops are done, and we are truly happy and exited with alle the ideas we got from the pupils. Today we arranged a meeting to discuss the challenges with the different machines, and now i think we’ve found some good solutions. We also decided who will be in charge of each machine, and...

02 Feb201702/02/2017
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Rainbow Machine

Rainbow Machine

Of all the great suggestions on Upper Slettheia School the lovely Rainbow-machine got the most votes. The picture above show the winning contribution, and with around 30 alternative versions of the rainbow machine, the students are now working on how to make this machine come to life. Exiting times! : D

01 Feb201702/02/2017
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Last Workshop at Øvre Slettheia

Last Workshop at Øvre Slettheia

The last workshop day was conducted at Upper Slettheia School, with lovely second graders! With an impeccable creativity they designed both candy machines, cleaning machines, crushing iphone7 machines and much more. The atmosphere was great when it was time to vote a winner among all these machines, and all the way to the top went the rainbow machine. Students threw...