Credit card-sized computers and 3D printers were among the attractions at a Dundee workshop designed to equip young people with the knowhow to make new technology.
More than 70 pupils from Tayside and Fife attended the One Day Digital event organised by “innovation foundation” Nesta at Dundee University’s Queen Mother Building on Saturday.
They spent the day getting to grips with leading technologies and were given the chance to design and make their own smart phone app, website, animation or game, as well as learning and seeing how the technology behind 3D printing works.
Jackie McKenzie, head of innovation programmes for Nesta, said: “The idea is to move a whole generation of young people from being content consumers to content creators.
“A lot of the stuff that they are getting here, they would never get in school.
“We need to make sure that these young people have the skills to actually create their own content.
“Rasperry Pi is a computer that is the size of a credit card that costs around £40 and allows you to code a whole number of things.”
Organisations such as Mozilla worked with pupils throughout the day.
