The weekend of 18 and 19 March, 2023 marked a remarkable display of scientific creativity during our Tinker Weekend. With the enthusiastic support of 41 dedicated volunteers, we were delighted to welcome over 650 participants aged 5 and above for an exhilarating weekend of STEM activities. Our school holiday program provided an avenue for young […]

Breaking barriers and inspiring the next generation of female scientists! We had an incredible Girls in STEM event featuring a captivating speaker session by Dr. Rita Colwell, a renowned scientist and advocate for women in science, and an Explore Your World with Foldscope session with 40 bright young girls of ages 13 and above. It […]

Congratulations Project Lit Up 2022/23 Students! After 5 months, more than 24 learning sessions and impacting 155 students from 3 communities, we convened together with their proud parents to celebrate their achievements in a joint Graduation Ceremony last Saturday. Supported by Intel and Enuma, Project Lit Up is a program designed to improve literacy and […]

We’re excited to announce that the Go-GETters of 2022 have graduated from the Girls in Engineering and Technology (GET) program! Over 80 girls from 16 schools in Penang participated in this year-long program, facilitated and mentored by over 100 female professionals from 11 companies. The program includes technical and soft skills modules, as well as […]

Congratulations Class of GameDev 2023 Cycle-1! 59 students, 28 game projects, 2 workshops, 2 game jam sessions & 1 showcase! A program sponsored by AMD, GameDev 2023 Cycle-1 concluded with a competition on 17 February 2023. 12 prizes were awarded to the top game projects and special mention categories. We would like to thank our […]

On February 17th, 2023, the young engineers at the FIRST® Tech Challenge 22/23 Malaysia Championship reached a significant milestone! Using an alliance format for gameplay, teams competed in each match to win the Champion Alliance Award. Congratulations to all the teams who participated in Season 2 of the FIRST® Tech Challenge (FTC) Malaysia. This season […]

Tinker Box made its first ever debut at Penang International Science Fair (PISF) 2022, and impacted 1,200 enthusiastic students throughout our 4 hubs. Supported by the American Tech Corner, students were able to experience and explore: Animal classification, chromatography and how to poke skewers through balloons without popping them! These 3 simple and enjoyable activities […]

ROBOTS, GAMES & INVENTIONS – ALL IN ONE PLACE! 17th September 2022 marks a great milestone for our young engineers, inventors and game developers at the Penang TechFest 2022! With the fierce Advanced Robotics Challenge (ARC) teams raging through each match. Young Game Developers showing off the games they have created in the past 3 […]

We are so proud to launch the InclusiveSTEM 2022 program with the support from Intel and its passionate group of volunteers! In this pilot year, the program will be hosted in SMK Tanjong Bunga – Official. Students from SMK Pendidikan Khas Persekutuan and PPKI SMK Padang Polo will also participate in the program. The program […]

Genetics Kits by B. Braun is now officially launched! Since its pilot during Penang International Science Fair 2021, more kits have been rolled out to schools and students. We are pleased to witness first-hand how the teachers of Penang are using these kits – Novice Genetics Kit, Advanced Genetics Kit, Mendelian Corn Kit – to […]