#kidshackday

駭客（Hack）是指對電腦科學、編程設計具高度理解的人，那麼兒童駭客日，就是顧名思義就是招募兒童成為未來的駭客囉！這是從北歐瑞典發起的全球親子教育科學活動，提供科學材料讓孩子發揮創意實作。創辦者CARL BÄRSTAD是企業家，也是瑞典TEDxStockholm的發起人。

兒童駭客日的靈感來自於「世界駭客空間運動（the global hackerspace movement）」 ，是為了促進創新科技，共享知識為理念的社群，並有感於瑞典科學教育缺乏創造力，扼殺孩子對科學的好奇心和創造力 ，所以舉辦兒童孩客日，目的是終結正規教育與創新技術的鴻溝，對孩子耳濡目染的科學教育環境進行革命。

Build for STL announces its Youth Hackathon, “Digital BioBlitz: The Next Generation Hacks Urban Biodiversity”

Digital BioBlitz is a collaboration between the Youth Learning Center, the Academy of Science, and OpenDataSTL where students between grades 5 through 12 get a peek into the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields while working together to build something new and useful for all of St. Louis.

Scheduled for Saturday May 31st, students from both organizations will meet in the…

Norwegian embassy about to deny VISA for Ugandan TEDPrize winner to come to Stockholm? Ugandan artist and TEDPrize winner Ruganzu Bruno from Kampala was invited 1 month back to come to Stockholm to collaborate with us on the Kids Hack Day Stockholm team. Our founder Carl Bärstad met up with Ruganzu at TEDActive in California together with this years TEDPrize winner Sugata Mitra. So the U.S. has given Ruganzu a VISA but not Norway? Amongst many of the exciting activities planned Ruganzu was to paint our lab, tell his story and interact with the kids we work with here. To inspire them to view the waste around them as a resource. Ruganzu himself is spearheading Kids Hack Day Kampala through his project Eco Art Uganda, turning waste into art and playgrounds for kids.  We are confused. How can a man that wants to spread so much joy in the world be denied a VISA from Norway but not from the U.S.?

It is deeply disturbing that a few people at the Norweigan embassy, handling the Swedish VISA applications, are making such arbitrary decisions about peoples lives and destinies. This is the second time Ruganzu is facing this destiny. Last year he was also invited to the annual TEDGlobal conference on a scholarship from the Gates Foundation, but was unable to go due to the exact same people at the Norwegian embassy. 

This ignorance has to stop! NOW!