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The TecnoCampus hosted last Saturday, June 12, the second edition of the HackGirl, orn 33 girls between 12 and 18 years old created technological solutions to current and future challenges based on the production and consumption model of circular economy.

Organized in seven groups, the participants worked on the proposals from 10 am to 18 pm, at which time the awards ceremony was held. The group formed by Paula Romano, Valeria García, Maria Aguayo, Cristina Martínez won the TecnoGirl Award for the Most Innovative Proposal with one mobile application to reduce food waste in homes, which helps the user manage the shopping list with features like food expiration notices or recipes for foods that are about to expire. He TecnoGirl Award for Most Disruptive Proposal was by Judith Segura, Júlia Magan, Aroa Ríos, Mireia Pla, Bruna Alsina and Emma Corral, with a proposal on smart containers to encourage recycling, which includes a points system linked to the consumption of organic shops and products. FinalGreta Rojano, Valentina Catalán, Paula Muñiz, Anna Esteban, and Júlia Bellonch emerged as winners in the category of Most Sustainable TecnoGirl Award with a point of collection of fabric envelopes in the textile sector by large companies with the aim of giving them a second life.

This year’s jury was made up for Daniel Hurtado, Executive Councilor for Urban Agenda Strategy, Mataró 2030, Youth and Youth Emancipation; Silvia Sebastian, head of the Maresme Libraries area and director of Mataró Libraries; Andrew Orte, head of the Library Programming and Innovation Unit of the Barcelona Provincial Council; i Marco Antonio Rodríguez, head of STEAM projects at TecnoCampus and responsible for the Xnergic movement to promote technological vocations. At the awards ceremony, the jury agreed that such projects are necessary to reduce the gender gap in the field of science and technology and to promote equality in education, in gender, and in the future world of work.

Throughout the day, participants received advice from students at the Polytechnic School, who in addition to mentors also taught workshops on digital manufacturing, prototyping, and drones. Finally, the day also featured a talk on smart textiles by Júlia G Escribà, who has developed her first collection of thermoregulatory clothing with a technology developed by NASA, and who is currently working on her project since from the Reimagine Textile project incubator.

The initiative is part of the TecnoGirl project to encourage scientific and technological vocations among the youngest, promoted by TecnoCampus, Mataró City Council, Barcelona Provincial Council, the Municipal Library Network, and which this year has had the participation of ten libraries in the Maresme region: Father Fidel Fita, from Arenys de Mar; Joan Coromines, from El Masnou; Pompeu Fabra, from Mataró; Antoni Comas, from Mataró, M. Serra i Moret, from Pineda de Mar; Jaume Perich i Escala, from Premià de Dalt; Martí Rosselló i Lloveras, from Premià de Mar; Vall d'Alfatà, in Santa Susana; La Muntala, from Sant Vicenç de Montalt; and the Tordera Library.
 

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