Plugiz

Pre-schoolers need to touch, feel and imagine. Plugiz is first of all a playful toy. It is highly modular (inspired by the Mr. Potato-Head) to enable learning by doing. 

Plugiz is a new game that combines the desire to give Children technical skills and technology learning, and the desire to give them an experience of imagination and creativity. Plugiz is a modular robot, consisting a capsule that can be easily connected to various electronic components to create robots with variable functions and visibilities. Each element has its own function — motion, sensing, or playing a sound. The child can choose which parts to connect and where into the robot. Once the robot is assembled it can be programmed using the programming blocks; The blocks control the output components (motors, speakers, LEDs) by the input elements (sensors). By connecting the blocks, the children will be able to experiment with assembling a simple code that explains the basis of the programming world. When this process is complete, they can play with the robot they have developed, and watch it perform exactly the actions they have set for it.

— Advisor: Hadar Shapira, Shachar Oz
— Prototype developers: Ido Daniel, Shachar Atzmon
— Made with Dana Kreisberg
— Awards / Excellence prize Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
— Awards / 1st place at DLD Intel