Open doors with the mouse at Mindbreeze

On October 3, 2025, Mindbreeze once again opened its doors to girls and boys aged 6 to 10. Moderator Ulla Pilz guided approximately. 70 children through the program, contributing to a day filled with creativity and curiosity. 

At three different stations, Mindbreeze experts introduced the children to the topic of artificial intelligence. With lots of imagination and the right prompts, the children created exciting images. They then programmed robots and learned how visually impaired people live and work with assistive technology.

Initially, the children learned about how artificial intelligence (AI) works. Ulla Pilz explained how AI is trained using images to recognize animals such as axolotls. The children then had the opportunity to get creative and invent their own prompts, such as generating a “fire-breathing lion.” This gave them first-hand experience of how AI creates visual content based on specified inputs.

At the second station, the children programmed the humanoid robots Bob and Eve with some assistance. To do this, the children were given cards with individual movement steps such as standing up, sitting down, and dancing. With a click of the mouse, these different steps were combined into a sequence of movements.

Finally, Daniel Pöll, an accessibility engineer who is himself blind, demonstrated aids for visually impaired people – from measuring tapes and cash tests (to identify the value of banknotes) to state-of-the-art technology. Daniel Pöll presented the “Be My Eyes” app, which connects blind and visually impaired people with volunteers. The volunteers receive a video transmission from the cell phone camera and help, for example, by determining clothing colors or assisting with orientation in unfamiliar environments.