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On Sunday 26 February, CERN hosted the newest version of Devoxx4kids, a sequence of computing, robotics and electronics workshops for kids. The occasion was organised in the context of the VoxxedDays CERN developers conference, held at CERN the earlier day.Numerous workshops - “Minis” for the 4-6 12 months-olds, “Kids” for the 7-10 yr-olds and “Teens” for the 11-15 year-olds - gave the children an perception into programming and electronics through robots and video games. About 70 kids came along and had been in a position to exhibit to their dad and mom how they had managed to programme a NAO robot to have a converstation with them or a Thymio robotic to observe a path on a map, or how they'd altered the well-known Minecraft game or developed an interactive quiz on a pc using Scratch.Devoxx4Kids was established in Antwerp, Belgium, on the fringes of the well-established Devoxx conference for Java programmers. Since its institution, Devoxx4kids has introduced smiles to 1000's of children’s faces in 22 international locations. Run by a group of volunteers headed by Xavier Bourguignon, the Swiss model of the convention is now into its eighth 12 months. “Bringing Devoxx4kids to CERN and having it in the Globe is a dream come true!” says Xavier. Organising workshops in one of many high temples of science, where the web was born, sends out a powerful sign to the kids (and their mother and father). I hope Devoxx4kids will typically come again to CERN sooner or later.” EBOOKMARKS Joao Silva, organiser of Voxxed Days CERN and CERN coordinator of Devoxx4kids provides: “The intention of the workshops is to stimulate curiosity and the imagination, and to point out what will be done with science and technology. These workshops lead the children to discover that, through games, they are often the creators of tomorrow. Education is certainly one of CERN’s core missions, so hosting an event like Devoxx4kids here is entirely in step with our work.