We met Valeria Cagnina from Alessandria and Vincenzo Polizzi from Noto in the spring of 2016. They were both members of the Italian team of Ambassadors for Project Make: Learn: Share: Europe [1], implemented as part of the Erasmus Plus Programme – Forward-Looking Cooperation Projects Action

Valeria Cagnina, 16, has been interested since her childhood in robotics, digital making and processing. She built a robot with Leonardo Falanga (Nocera Inferiore, Salerno), which they entered in the 10^th edition of RomeCup – Excellence in Robotics in Rome (March 16-18, 2016). Today, weekly Panorama describes her a the Head Mistress of a special school ...

Head Mistress at 16 [2]

Panorama, Dec. 28, 2017

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Vincenzo Polizzi, 20, who loves chess, soccer and swimming, has been studying robotics since he was 8. He graduated from a scientific lyceum with a thesis on Robots and Neural Networks. He recently participated in the Global Junior Challenge [3] "Education Up to 29” Category with Project Monumenta [4], an application to promote the artistic heritage of small towns. Vincenzo now works for the town hall to promote technological innovation and his app has become a town project.

Burgio, a Guide App for Art Treasures

Giornale di Sicilia, Jan. 7, 2018

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