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YOUNG INVENTORS WITH GREAT At the iENA 2017, pupils from the Fürstenzell the implementation of the project is sup-
Maristen grammar school again presented their
plied through workshops on the subjects
POTENTIAL AT IENA 2017 inventions as they have done for many years now. of creativity, project management, market-
ing, technology and patent rights as well as
Known as the inventor school, in 1983 this school
was the first worldwide to introduce the elective specially developed guidelines. 3.200 pupils
with their teams have participated in the pro-
gram so far.

Creative ideas from the Zukunftspiloten (“Pi-
lots of the future”)

The pilots of the future regularly try out new
things, venture on experiments with unusual
ideas and think the world one step further –
to perhaps make it a bit better. The VDI (As-
sociation of German Engineers) youth club
shows that technology offers many solutions
for social problems and motivates proactive
thought. At the iENA 2017 the Nuremberg
subject of inventing. VDI pilots of the future presented them-
selves with their ideas and demonstrated
Inventing itself is learnt by the pupils both by exciting technical and scientific projects such
developing their own inventions according to as, for example, a 3-D printer constructed
the motto “learning by doing”, and by following and calibrated by a young person, a LEGO
the development of inventions of other pupils, mindstorm robot or an autonomous vehicle
Young inventors always play a big role at the ben Bartzsch showed the Intelligent Sprin- through which the experiences of these also be- developed, constructed and produced per-
iENA. Every year students show an enormously kler System they developed together with come their own. Many of the former inventor pu- sonally.
high innovation potential and inspire visitors Gregor Seyeda, which extinguishes fires in a pils can show a large number of prizes and awards
and representatives of the economy. targeted way. when applying for jobs, which has often shown to
be a door opener for a technical career.
Jugend forscht (“Youth does research”) In his work, Nils Lüpke focused on the so
“We support talents” called “Internet of things” which allows the Mikromakro: For bright minds with clever
networking of electronic devices in one’s ideas
Since 1996 the German youth science contest own home.
Jugend forscht has presented more than 60 “At the beginning it’s an idea – at the end a great
projects at the iENA. The initiative considers the Robin Lauerer constructed a digital alterna- invention!”
training and support of young people in sci- tive to the usual blind person’s cane: a soft- Teams of pupils from the mikromakro Baden-
ence, technology, engineering and mathemat- ware-based handy aid to help blind or visu- Wuerttemberg Foundation program were pre-
ics (STEM) to be a decisive task for guaranteeing ally impaired people to find their way around senting under this motto at the leading inter-
the sustainability of our society. Jugend forscht safely and independently. national trade fair for inventors last year. With
makes an important contribution to identify- Pupils invent – The jugend creative proj- mikromakro, the Baden-Wuerttemberg Founda-
ing and supporting the highly gifted people ect at the Maristengymnasium Fürsten- tion motivates teams of pupils to find clever so-
we need in business and academia. zell (“Fürstenzell Maristen grammar lutions to problems develop new products and
At iENA 2017 Alexander Riebau and Thor- school”) implement them in a practical way over a period
of two years. The know-how that is important for

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