digital mirror
Michael Zaminer (AT)

Young Creatives u14 Prize, Prix Ars Electronica 2021 | The project digital mirror is a LED wall consisting of 500 pixels. It measures 1 meter x 1.25 meters and is about 13 centimeters deep. Each pixel is 5 x 5 centimeters in size. The wall is powered by a power supply and an Arduino Uno. It is interactive, which means that the patterns and color on the wall can be changed with different influences. With a 20 x 25 pixel resolution, you can project images, patterns and more.

Black Day
Students of the MS Lehen (AT)

Young Creatives u14 Award, Prix Ars Electronica 2021 | Black Day is a series of three mixed reality games: Enter a creepy house with us, escape the treacherous traps of a crazy school or find your way as an influencer in the jungle of shady products. We take the players into a world that mixes elements of board games, adventure games, media art and comics. Among other things, the students have developed their own game format, the "game comic.

Reunited
Clara Weiss (AT)

Young Creatives u14 Award, Prix Ars Electronica 2021 | For years, humans constructed so many buildings without any regard for nature that there were no longer any open spaces left on Earth. Green spaces were covered over and animals were driven from their natural habitat. For fear of not having sufficient room, people started stacking their houses on top of each other to take better advantage of the available space. As a result of the massive CO2 emissions, the last small remnant of nature was obliterated once and for all.  But Mother Nature was not yet completely destroyed.

Juck uf
Students at Bundesgymnasium Dornbirn (AT)

Young Creatives u14 recognition, Prix Ars Electronica 2021 | Constant sitting in our everyday lives has become a problem of society. Due to the Corona pandemic and the resulting lockdowns, we are sitting for even longer periods of time, and the consequences of this, from muscle shortening to a higher mortality rate, will be with us for a long time to come.

Das unmögliche Computerspiel
Students of class 1B at RG/ORG antonkriegergasse (AT)

Young Creatives u12 Prize, Prix Ars Electronica 2021 | The students of class 1B at Vienna’s RG/ORG antonkriegergasse have made a film on the subject of “We Save the World,” in which a much-anticipated school trip to Mars is interrupted by an alien attack. The students were fascinated by film as a medium and made great progress within only a few days. Here a few statements by the producers about their work.

Benjamin’s Recycling Centre
Benjamin Hölzl  (AT)

Young Creatives u12 Award, Prix Ars Electronica 2021 | Benjamin's hardworking employee Robert the robot collects aluminum cans and hauls away the paper container for disposal. This robot was built using LEGO Mindstorms blueprints and is controlled with the accompanying remote control.

Upcycling Stadt
Lisa Marits (AT)

Young Creatives u12 recognition, Prix Ars Electronica 2021 | Lisa is very interested in upcycling and strongly believes that it is becoming more and more important for our future. That's why the idea came up that we humans could also live in upcycling buildings. The parts of the city are mostly made of upcycled material: a plastic bottle house that you can live in; an Innocent bottle that became a pool; an Amazon cardboard box that she turned into a supermarket.

Kranfahrzeug auf vier Ketten – LEGO Technic
Leopold Kastler (AT)

Young Creatives u10 Prize, Prix Ars Electronica 2021 | The crane vehicle is made of LEGO Technic components. It travels on four tracks driven by four motors - all remote controlled. For this purpose, not only motors, but also batteries, cables and receivers for remote control are built into the vehicle. There are also three extra motors: one for the linear drive that moves the crane up and down, and two for the winch that can be used to lift loads.

Erster Plastikschlucker der Welt
Emilio Deutsch (AT)

Young Creatives u10 Award, Prix Ars Electronica 2021 | Emilio has seen all the polluted beaches, and he didn't like that sight. That's why he invented the world's first plastic swallower. With it you can dissolve garbage, especially plastic garbage, within a few minutes. This could make the environment cleaner again.

Little Dancing Stars: Alle im Takt
Sarah Hölzl (AT)

Young Creatives u10 recognition, Prix Ars Electronica 2021 | Due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, people were not able to attend dancing lessons or go to a disco. But because dancing is much more fun with a partner, the robot has become the dance partner. Why should robots only be used for work? Vernie, the LEGO BOOST ROBOT, was programmed to enable it to waltz.