Future of professions: MINT-LAB in Lienz combines crafts and digitization!

Future of professions: MINT-LAB in Lienz combines crafts and digitization!

In the Tyrolean specialist profession (TFBS) in Lienz, it is not just about classic learning since Wednesday, February 26. A state-of-the-art MINT LAB was launched here, in which teachers are researching the merger of traditional craft and digital technologies under the guidance of experts such as Christophe Barlieb and Florian Weininger. The focus is on exciting topics such as cyber craft and artificial intelligence, supported by innovative mixed reality applications. Barlieb, professor of the Technical University of Regensburg, brings fresh ideas and valuable experiences from his "Cyberkraft Colleg" to Lienz and will be regularly on site in the future to integrate teachers and students:

insights into the digital future

Bildungslandesrätin Cornelia Hagele tested the new concept and found that the virtual interaction between humans and machine is groundbreaking. With VR glasses, she experienced up close how digital instructions are used for the construction of stable constructions. The MINT-LAB aims to promote young people's interest in mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology. As part of the MINT offensive of the Tyrolean state government, considerable funds flow into this project. A total of 470,000 euros were made available in the previous year and this year there are another 150,000 euros to expand digital education in Tirol, as tirol.orf reported.

The laboratory has a budget of 80,000 euros, which different partners such as the Chamber of Commerce and Osttiroler Investment GmbH cover. The advanced learning environment should make it easier for 270 vocational students to gain valuable experience in the digital world in order to be prepared for the requirements of the modern working world. Headmaster Klaus Oberegger emphasizes that the workshops not only convey knowledge, but also the practical ability of the students: to promote inside in small groups. The aim is to enable the East Tyrolean adolescents to make a promising future through the integration of technology and craft, as well as the dolomitenstadt