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DAY 5: At last, the final day of the bootcamp! This day, our makers gave us inspiring pitches and the proudest smiles all around. What a week to remember!

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DAY 4: Learned R&D Statistics and artificial intelligence while hyping each other up for the big day - the Project Pitching.

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DAY 3: Halfway through bootcamp, and the pressure was on. It was a day filled with debugging, brainstorming, and a little bit of panicking, but it was where the real excitement intensified!

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DAY 2: Relive moments when resistors resisted, wires tangled, and yet innovative minds sparked!

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DAY 1: Throwback to when the 9th imake.wemake bootcamp began — fresh minds, big ideas, and enough energy to power Arduinos!

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞.𝐰𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩! ✨

Our finalist teams, together with the ThinkLab mentors and Board of Judges, close the training and pitching on a high note. This may be the last day of the bootcamp, but it’s only the beginning of the journey to turn bold ideas into impactful innovations!

Let’s give our young makers a big round of applause in the comments!

𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊 | After days of wiring ideas and powering up their skills, our finalists finally flipped the switch—pitching their innovations before our panel of experts.

Today, the top teams showcased their projects to the Board of Judges, composed of Engr. Percival Magpantay, Engr. Carlos Matti Opus, Engr. Edison Roxas, Mr. Rodel Cruz, and Engr. Mark Kennedy Bantugon, who shared valuable insights and recommendations to make their solutions even stronger.

This isn’t the finish line—it’s just the next step. With the next months to refine and level up their innovations, our young makers are now better equipped to turn bold ideas into impactful solutions.

💬 Show some love in the comments and cheer for your favorite team!

𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝑨𝑰-𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬! 🧠

The session on 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝗔𝗜) challenged our young innovators to think deeper: to see AI not just as a tool, but as a partner in turning creative sparks into intelligent systems that work with us.

Thanks to our experts from ThinkLab Philippines, Engr. Roland Jay Miguel and Engr. Engr. Josiah Sicad, who led the finalists through hands-on lessons in AI - from understanding how machines “learn” patterns to exploring how intelligence can be applied in real-world problem-solving.

With the ABC’s of innovation, the possibilities are A-Z!

𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐈𝐭! ⚙️🔬

Today, our makers unlocked a whole new level of learning with Dr. Randolf S. Sasota’s R&D Statistics Module! From functionality to reliability, students dove deep into accuracy, precision, and prototype validation.

Sir Randolf guided the participants step by step, showing how to test and measure each parameter, suggesting practical statistical tools to use, and illustrating these through real cases from current project proposals. The session wrapped up with a hands-on workshop, where students got the chance to apply what they learned about testing parameters.

Now our teams don't just aim to build—they aim to be backed by data.

𝐒𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫, 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐑𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲) 𝐏𝐢-𝐜𝐞! 🍰😅

Today’s Bootcamp menu? A full course of Raspberry Pi delights!

Thanks to Mr. Peter Dela Cruz of 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀, our young innovators got a taste of:

𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗣𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗬 𝗣𝗜
𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗨𝗫 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗦
𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗣𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗬 𝗣𝗜 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗚
𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗣𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗬 𝗣𝗜 𝗡𝗢𝗗𝗘-𝗥𝗘𝗗

From slicing into coding basics to layering modules together, today’s “recipes” are all about whipping up smarter, sweeter solutions for the future!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧? 🤔 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲’𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲!

Our young innovators aren’t just learning what technology can do - they’re discovering what they can make it do. With 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗿. 𝗩𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮 and 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗿. 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗮 of 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀, they got their solid start with:

💡 𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗨𝗜𝗡𝗢 𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗦
💻 𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗨𝗜𝗡𝗢 𝗜𝗡𝗣𝗨𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗣𝗨𝗧𝗦
🚨 𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗨𝗜𝗡𝗢 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗦
⚙️ 𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗨𝗜𝗡𝗢 𝗪𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

👉 Imagine you’re one of the 9th imake.wemake finalists. What’s the first thing you’d make?

𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐌!

As our student-innovators enter the training stage of the competition, they also got to explore the DOST-SEI undergraduate scholarship opportunities through the : Maging DOST Scholar Ka! campaign.

They received valuable resources such as the STEM Career Guidebook for Students and Teacher’s Toolkit—designed to help students pursue S&T courses and guide teachers in supporting them through their STEM journey.

To make the experience even more relatable, Stephen A. Bueno, a third-year Mechanical Engineering student from Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) and proud DOST-SEI scholar, shared his insights on choosing the STEM path and offered some tips on how to thrive in college life.