{"id":846,"date":"2013-05-15T09:41:19","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T08:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/?p=846"},"modified":"2018-05-29T10:38:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T09:38:07","slug":"strictly-science-keeping-one-step-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/2013\/05\/15\/strictly-science-keeping-one-step-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly Science: keeping one step ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAbsolutely fantastic!\u201d<\/strong> said one mother after visiting the Strictly Science exhibition. \u201cMy daughter thinks it\u2019s \u2018the best museum ever.\u2019 She got bored of the Science Museum, because there is not enough interactive stuff for kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

From 4-14 April, the main foyer of Imperial College was transformed into a series of live and cinematic installations showcasing science past, present and future to commemorate the 100th birthday of the Medical Research Council. The exhibition saw around 5000 visitors.<\/p>\n

Visitors sampled vitamin-rich recipes to cure rickets, learned how a clockwork kymograph was used to discover the first neurotransmitter, and how a spiky test-tube helped improve treatment for war wounds, all within a laboratory from 1913. \u201cPeople have been finding the experiments quite fascinating, even if they didn\u2019t necessarily understand everything,\u201d said Jan Huisman (University Museum Groningen), who brought the kymograph from the Netherlands. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a lot of interaction from the audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Demonstration<\/a>
Demonstration of war-wound experiment in the YESTERDAY lab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Guests got to play with interactive tools used by neurotechnologists to study the brain. Balance boards were used to engage young and old in the effects of ageing on movement. People played classic computer game, Pong, using only their eyes. And experiments using a full body motion capture suit were happening live throughout the exhibition. \u201cMy favourite part was playing Pong on the Blink interactive,\u201d said one young visitor. \u201cMy favourite part was when you were on the balancing thing and you had to see if you could move the ball,\u201d commented another.<\/p>\n

\"Members<\/a>
Members of Dr Aldo Faisal\u2019s research team engage visitors in neurotechnology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt was very interesting hearing all the famous people and children saying what they think the future will be like in 100 years time. Very soothing. I could quite happily sit there all day just listening to those voices.\u201d commented one lady shortly after experiencing a 3D sound sculpture, which united the future hopes and fears of professionals and primary school children for 2113.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A visitor enjoys a light display in the TOMORROW lab, which united the voices of professionals and primary schoolchildren<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Strictly Science was a collaboration between the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre<\/a> and Haberdashery<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brona McVittie
\nMRC Clinical Sciences Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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