SETBAL – The Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (IPS) inaugurated last December 17, the first “Tech Center” of the BlackBerry in the country. Located on the premises of the School of Technology of Setúbal Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (ESTSetúbal / IPS), this project is part of the academic program of the Blackberry materializing a technological center with all necessary test equipment and resources development new applications for mobile phones, tablets and other BlackBerry devices.
The launching ceremony was attended by the intervention of the President of IPS, Professor. Dr. Armando Pires, the Mayor of Setubal, Dr. Maria das Dores Meira, the Director of ESTSetúbal / IPS, Pr. Nuno Pereira, BlackBerry Developer Evangelist, Luca Sale and Ambassador of the “Tech Center” in Portugal, Eng Renata Coutinho.
Pr. Dr. Armando Pires welcomed the fact that the IPS has been chosen to host the first “Tech Center” of BlackBerry in Portugal, which is “a demonstration of the capability and spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship of the institution ‘, recently acknowledged the award of 1st place in the National Competition ‘Valorisation of Knowledge and Development of Entrepreneurship 2013′, organized by COTEC Portugal.
For Mayor of Setubal, installing this “Tech Center” in the BlackBerry Setúbal, particularly in IPS ‘is a clear demonstration of the capabilities of our academic and our Polytechnic School of Technology’. In your opinion, Setúbal became part of the select group of European cities receiving these technological laboratories and that will surely attract to the city “more knowledge, more skills, and even more development.”
In his speech Prof.. Nuno Pereira was pleased to receive the new “Tech Center” on the premises of ESTSetúbal / IPS, stressing the right conditions so that we can do a good job, since “we have a community of students young, dynamic, with specific training in informatics, which being inserted into a campus that has a number of other schools and other facilities, will enable the creation of multidisciplinary groups’, promoting innovation within the IPS and benefiting the users of BlackBerry.
BlackBerry Developer Evangelist
, Luca Sale, began his remarks by stating that ‘liked to hear about Portugal as a country that creates and develops software and applications that everyone uses’, challenging the audience present to create, innovate and share their ideas in this new technology center. Luca Sale also pointed out that any good idea can turn out to become a great business opportunity.
Ambassador of the “Tech Center” in Portugal, Eng Renata Coutinho said that the main goal of the center ‘is to innovate, create an atmosphere of coworking and awaken the entrepreneurial spirit of the students’, and therefore’ nothing better than a partnership with an institution of higher education as the IPS, the representation of students in the area of ??technology, knowledge and skills to develop projects and partnerships in Portugal and abroad. “
Then took a visit to the laboratory, where it was possible to know the space, equipment and tools that are available to everyone who wants to create, innovate by developing new applications for BlackBerry.
Hackathon – Marathon Blackberry Apps
The first initiative of the “Tech Center”, the “Hackathon”, took place the next day [December 18] and consisted of a marathon that put to the test the creative ability of teams in just ten hours had to develop applications for BlackBerry
Ambassador of the “Tech Center” said he was very pleased with the accession to this initiative, which included 30 participants, including students, programmers and designers. Stated further that the teams were very well prepared, which ‘is proof that the people here have the capacity to innovate and create applications’. The balance of activity is so extremely positive, which according to Eng Renata Coutinho, “led to the decision to repeat the Hackathon in the first half of next year.”
Ricardo Carvalho, student of technological specialization in Technology Programming and ESTSetúbal / IPS Information Systems, participated in the initiative aiming to strengthen their knowledge, since “a good programmer must be constantly learning, how many more programming languages ??and work platforms will be best for our future and for our experience. “
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Fabio Nogueira, student of Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Computer ESTSetúbal / IPS, the “Hackathon” was a great opportunity for “working on new technology that is now entering the market and learn more about programming in terms of developing applications for Blackberry. “
Participating teams created projects with many different uses, from applications on wines to the social networking and gaming. The winning team, the “Hotwheels” composed by Bruno Malheiro, Paulo Mendes and Diogo Martins, students of the degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at ESTSetúbal / IPS, created the “Racing Game” application, a game based on carriage a ball through a maze, in which the movement of the ball is generated by moving the phone.
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