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15 kids build kiosk from scratch

April 9, 2013

In a project funded by Google Pittsburgh, 15 children from the city's inner neighborhoods built a touchscreen computer kiosk out of a multitouch camera screen, a projector and raw physical materials.

According to a report on sopghreporter.com, the interactive table top at Pittsburgh CONNECTS Hilltop Computer Center supports both Windows 8 and Google's Android operating systems. The team will eventually develop custom applications and games for use at the center and neighborhood locations. The project was also supported by the Neighborhood Learning Alliance and the Thelma Lovette YMCA.

"Google is thrilled to support this initiative to enrich the Pittsburgh community with a fun project that allows young people to have hands-on engineering experience," said Todd Templeton, community affairs lead for Google Pittsburgh, in the article.

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