During the Easter holidays, the HES-SO Valais-Wallis opens its doors to young people interested in science, technology and engineering. It organizes three free workshops for them that may make them want to discover this world.
The robots in question
Entitled “Robots, an endangered species?”, The first workshop scheduled for April 2 will invite people aged 14 and over to question the increasingly close links that are being formed between humans and these strange machines.
Can robots feel an emotion? Can they transform, repair, reproduce? Collaborate? Can they be smart? So many questions to which the day will endeavor to provide answers, through the double gaze of social sciences and engineering.
Making a seismometer
On April 6 and 7, the second meeting is linked to current events. To mark the 75th anniversary of the last major earthquake in Valais, the participants (young people from the orientation cycle) will build their own seismometer by assembling a model entirely developed at the Valais engineering school in Sion.
Thanks to an ingenious transmission system, a pen records the movements of the ground on which it is placed. This device makes it possible to understand how scientists go about scrutinizing those in the earth’s crust.
The Wins course reserved for girls
Finally, on April 8 and 9, the traditional Wins course reserved for girls attending a Valais orientation cycle and interested in technology will allow them to discover the professions of IT, electronics and mechanics.
Experimenting with 3D drawing on software, laser cutting, welding of electrical components or even programming a microcontroller, they will manufacture a personalized virtual reality headset that they can take with them.
To comply with health instructions, places are limited and registration is compulsory.
Practical information
Info and reservations on www.hevs.ch/jeunes
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