During the winter holidays, 100 kids and teens from Berlin gathered for the 8th Winterakademie at Theater an der Parkaue , one of the biggest children’s theatres in Germany. A group of 8 to 11 year olds focused on the concept of an Internet of things. They constructed a model home from cardboard and fluorescent tape. On shelves, closets, tables, the dishwasher and fridge they attached RFID tags connected to self-recorded audio samples—presenting their visions for smart living.
A team of 16 to 20 year olds put the web to work raising money for the World Food Programme. Starting with a giveaway ballpoint pen, they set out to swap it for increasingly valuable objects until they got a mansion. While that goal proved overly ambitious, during the course of the event they did succeed in exchanging objects to the value of 1,600 Euros -- bringing on board two politicians and getting their story in a local newspaper .
Posted by Sabine Frank, Policy Counsel, Berlin
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