Fab Labs SDG/Studio 56

This is part of an initiative to map fab labs in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals. This page is open edit.

Studio 5/6 is an initiative created by the Ministry of transport and communications,Digital Society Sector, which caters to youth aged 7-18 in Qatar, to use technologies tools as problem solving.

The vision of the STUDIO 5/6 is to provide children and young adults in Qatar with the opportunities to become ICT creators and not simply consumers of technology. In line with MoTC’s draft ‘Digital Youth Strategy’, STUDIO 5/6 is mainly aimed at nurturing youth as digital learners by sharpening their 21st century learning skills, as they develop in an all-pervasive digital environment. In fact, STUDIO 5/6 is envisaged as a community platform that offers technology and allied equipment support for hands-on learning opportunities.The public accessibility at the Fab Lab will give the possibility to the youth to develop their problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity and innovation skills. This will also develop young people’s knowledge of technology and help them to become future creators of technology. The Fab Lab is design with tree different zones; Creative zone is where brainstorming and idea of problem solving will come up . In this area different topics related to Big data, IoT , Mixted reality are the focus of differen t workshops. Software zone is designed for improve students' skills in software design, coding and programming and build creative software projects & games, app and to program micro- controllers. Technology zone is designed for hands on training on different technologies and digital fabrication machines. This area allows the students to create prototypes that has both electrical & mechanical components.