NEPO Missions vs Maker Lab

Program like the pros, research like the astronauts! NEPO Missions takes you on a real Mars mission. Program a simulated Mars rover »Rosa« based on the original ESA (European Space Agency) rover »Rosalind Franklin« and become a space explorer. Welcome to the mission »Exploration Mars«! Together with a team of experts you sent the rover Rosa to Mars. Rosa has landed safely, and now it's your job to program and send her on an exploration tour. In 17 exciting levels, you'll set out to find traces of water and biological life on Mars. You've never programmed before? Don't worry! Thanks to a visual programming language and lots of support from your space buddy Dalia and the smart robot lady Roberta, you'll get started in no time. Step by step, Rosa and you explore the »red planet«. In the process, you'll learn not only how to program Rosa's movements, but also how to use sensors to explore the planet. But watch out! A dust storm is building up on Mars and threatens to ruin the mission! Will you and Rosa be able to complete all the tasks in time to make space history?NEPO Missions - get started now! • 17 exciting levels • Tasks for beginners and advanced players • Visual programming language, ideal for newbies • For Kids 13 years and older; with adult supervision it is also possible to use it from ten years of age • Inspired by the real ESA mission »ExoMars 2022«. • Simulates a Mars rover based on the original ESA »Rosalind Franklin« rover • Get to know real sensors for research • Gain technical knowledge in a fun way • A programming environment that adapts to your skills • Learn more about Mars and space • Help and sample solutions available NEPO Missions was developed by the Fraunhofer educational initiative »Roberta® - Learning with Robots« in collaboration with »Gentle Troll Entertainment« and with support from the Google.org Impact Challenge. The app is based on the open-source programming platform »Open Roberta Lab«, which is developed by Fraunhofer IAIS in Sankt Augustin (Bonn) and enthuses millions of people worldwide for programming.

Customers are queuing, three printers are about to finish at once and somebody wants a drone frame. Welcome to Maker Lab. You run a makerspace. Orders arrive, you load filament into 3D printers, feed sheet to the laser cutter, set the CNC mill going and finish parts at the hand benches. Multi-stage builds move between stations. Hand each order over before the customer gives up and walks out. Ten shifts take you from a scruffy garage with one printer and a bare bulb to a bright studio with a full floor of machines. Along the way, machines jam, one catches fire, and the power trips at the worst possible moment. • 15 products and 6 specials to make, from keyrings to drone frames • Ten levels, each unlocking a new machine, product or hazard • A lab that evolves through ten looks as you clear shifts • Design your own maker: figure, skin tone, hair, hat • Badges for the things worth bragging about • Landscape, one-handed friendly, no timers hidden behind a paywall • Original synthesised soundtrack and effects • Works fully offline Clear all ten shifts and something changes on the character screen. We are not telling you what. Maker Lab is free and always will be. There are no adverts and nothing to buy. The one button in Settings that mentions money opens a JustGiving page for Alzheimer's Society in Safari, and every penny given there goes to them.