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Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream


The famous inventor Zangemann lives in a huge villa high above the city. Adults and children alike love his inventions and are desperate to have them. But then something happens: when Zangemann wants to take another close-up look at his inventions during a walk through the city, a child hits him in the shin with the skateboard. That hurts! Enraged, the inventor makes a momentous decision... The clever girl Ada sees through what is going on. Together with her friends, she forges a plan.

This animated movie tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. Ada begins to experiment with hardware and software, and in the process realises how crucial it is for her and others to control technology.

An Open Educational Resource that inspires children to tinker and create technology.

Find out more about this film and book at ada.fsfe.org

This entry was edited (11 hours ago)
in reply to FSFE

There's seems to be a random 71 in the subtitles at about 4:50:

Because everyone bought his inventions, Zangemann soon became 71(<---) The richest person in the world

(the The then should also be with a lowercase „t“, probably)

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