Last week concludes a 4-month long journey to incorporate our Maker Academy programme with 20 Pusat Internet under the purview of Digi. The new programme is called Digi Academy. The purpose of this programme is to improve meaningful engagement with the community surrounding the Pusat Internet so that the centre is not merely an Internet cafe. […]
Saturday wraps up a programme we have been doing in SMJK Jit Sin II since the beginning of 2018. It’s the Young Engineers for Society programme, modelled from the Arduino component of our Maker Academy programme. Arus has been working with this school since its inception two years ago to kickstart their Robotics Club. Students […]
Since our Maker Academy’s inception, we have been using the microcontroller CT UNO. CT UNO is designed based on the Arduino UNO form factor by Cytron Technologies. There are a few reasons to choosing Arduino, or rather CT UNO as our microcontroller platform. It was one of the easiest beginner microcontroller to learn, and we […]
It’s the last Friday of 2017 and what a year it has been for all of us at Arus! When we first started 3 years ago, we were only working with 20 students at our small learning center. Today, our learning center has more than doubled its size and we’ve even set up a […]
Girls in Engineering, Mathematics and Science (GEMS) is a sponsored programme for primary girls aged from 10 to 11 years old with the aim to increase involvement of girls in robotics. This programme is started on 7th of August 2017 and officially ended on 11th of November 2017. Students followed through 20 lessons which cover Robotic skills, […]
The Arus Maker Education (ARMED) Conference aims to showcase the potential of having maker education as a norm in our schools, through a variety of activities at our big booth in conjunction with MDEC’s #mydigitalmaker Fair 2017. ARMED is open to public, with colourful exhibitions, engaging workshops and inspiring discussions that happened almost simultaneously. By […]
