The deadline for voting in the Great Big Gigabot Giveaway has been extended to next Saturday, so we’re re-issuing our call to vote for the Atlantic Canadian entry, The Creator Program.

Our daughter Cat Adalay has initiated this program for young teens in the Halifax area, starting in St. Margaret’s Bay. The program is teaching coding, the design and assembly of electronic circuits, and 3D design and 3D printing.

There are now three main projects in the running for the Gigabot Giveaway – an international competition for projects with social goals using 3D printers. The winner will receive a large format 3D printer to help develop their project.

The three competitors see-sawed back and forth in the standings over the weekend, but as of this morning 3D Nigeria, which aims to develop a maker community in the country, was in the lead. The Creator Program was second and From 2D to 3D, an educational program in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, was third.

The Creator Program needs all our help because the judging is based in part on public voting. You can vote by clicking here.

Cat, who runs Adalay3D, came up with the curriculum because she believes these skills can provide the basic knowledge students need to create their own hardware prototypes.

In creating the program, Cat was inspired by the maker, open-source and entrepreneurial movements, which she sees as fulfilling vital roles in our rapidly changing society. She intends to enhance the program so it becomes a commercial venture.