Fujitsu Teaches Children to Build Solar Cars from Plastic Bottles

July 28th, 2011 by Charis Michelsen

The company Fujitsu Ten is trying to interact with the community — in the City Office in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, they are now holding the 4^th Annual Summer Vacation Craft Classroom.

This workshop has been ongoing since 2008, which makes this year’s exhibition the fourth. Fujitsu Ten aims to engage the community’s children; the hope is that their excitement for making crafts will endear Fujitsu Ten itself to the kids and their families.

This year’s theme is the important issue of energy conservation. The students will learn about different methods of power generation. They will also produce the world’s only solar car made of recyclable plastic bottles, take it outside, and watch it run.

Approximately 80 children from three of Kobe’s public elementary schools will take part in the workshop. Fujitsu Ten recruited approximately forty of its own employees to serve as instructors from four categories including production and quality assurance.

Translated from: Green Car View.

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Tags: alternative energy sources, elementary school, Energy, Fujitsu Ten, Japan, japanese, kids, kobe, power generation, student, student workshop

About the Author

Charis Michelsen spent 7 years living in Germany and Japan, studying both languages extensively, doing translation and education with companies like Bosch, Nissan, Fuji Heavy, and others. Charis has a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and currently lives in Chicago, Illinois. She also believes that Janeway was the best Star Trek Captain.