Electronics giant Samsung will now receive support from MakerBot in its ‘Digital Skills’ venture started in 2013. Working together for this venture, the firms aims to meet different bussiness demands.
One of the pioneers of technology, Samsung will benefit from MakerBot’s 3D technology on this venture. The firm started this project with the aim of raising awareness to increasing unemployment rate. Grabbing attention very rapidly, this project is foreseen to be even more effective with MakerBot.
Samsung and MakerBot are equipping schools, colleges and museums with 3D printers as part of Samsung’s digital skills programme so that students at any grade level can both code and create. The planned first phase launches in Germany, Italy, Spain, UK and Sweden this year and builds on Samsung’s network of 1,300 Smart Classrooms and 65 Digital Academies.
The vision behind the partnership is to combine design and coding classes with 3D printing so students can experience the full design cycle as a way to develop ideas and innovate. With MakerBot, educators and students have access to a full set of solutions and services that enables them to tackle real-world problems.
“In response to the alarming skills gap and high levels of youth unemployment in 2013, we backed the European Commission’s Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs with a pledge to engage 400,000 young people across Europe by 2019. We will achieve our goal 3 years early so we can now invest further in educating thousands of young people in the latest digital skills.” says Evelyn Nicola, Sustainability & Citizenship Manager, and Samsung Europe.