Freight cart, advanced station, spacecraft, device, hackatruck. There are many names that may try and explain the piece of equipment the Museum of Tomorrow is going to build between March and April through the project “Gambiarra do Amanhã” (Macgyverism of Tomorrow), a partnership between the departments of the Laboratory of Activities of Tomorrow (LAA) of the museum and its Community Relations office. Whatever people may call it, the public will be able to keep track of its development, witnessing the construction up-close.

The device - a mere service cart at first - will be built by young residents of the harbor area from recyclable parts collected in the region. Once the cart is placed at the LAA, it will receive several technological resources: an image projector, a stereo system, a phone charger structure - all of which will be powered by the energy harvested through solar panels, which will be latter stored in internal batteries. The device will also have a portable roof, which will create a friendly, sociable environment. 

The gathering of the scrap parts and the assembling workshops are going to be conducted by João Rivera, Master of Design from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, certified in shipbuilding by the Unitec New Zeland, and famous for his artwork involving the production of objects and masks made of papier-mâché.

Once concluded, the device will be taken to the Praça Mauá, and then it may wander around the harbor area, serving both to make the content of the museum public and to accommodate projects from other institutions of the area that also deal with technology, art, education, sustainability, and social development. A macgyverism has to do with all that as well.

• The access is free, but the admissions will be restricted the capacity limit of the facilities.