Science has no Borders - Unwrapped!
Event Information
Description
Roll up your sleeves, explore, & meet others curious/interested in ways to understand ourselves & our environment.
Interested in ways to improve our environment, understand technology better, demystify medical research? Then join us for an evening of hands-on exploration and inspiring conversations! You'll not only get a feel for the kind of events, opportunities, and people involved in such endeavours, but you'll also take part in shaping the development of upcoming activities.
We will start the evening with a series of short inspiring talks and brief introduction to our project and members of the community. We will then open the evening so you can roll-up your sleeves and join several hands-on 'workstations' in our interactive exhibition Touch|Play|Learn showcasing activities that we have ongoing including:
- The Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science workstation with DIY kits for environmental monitoring (e.g DIY aerial mapping, spectrometry, near infrared photography)
- The DITOs workstations with kits from our partners incl. the Waag Society, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (CRI), MediaLab Prado, and BIOSCOPE (e.g. DIY PCR machine, DIYBio starter kits, etc.)
- The Kesnikova Institute workstation showcasing DIY kits incl. DIY microscope & sound-activated badges
- Sensory experience workstation hosted by researchers at Royal College of Art
- The Ignite Futures! workstation to touch, play, and learn with their science busking trunk!
- …or try our sandboxes: Arduino & BBC micro:bit kits and Squishy Circuits playground and much more!
This event is aimed at inspiring ideas and getting interests connected. We want to know what science questions, topics, or community issues you would be like to explore or work towards addressing. Your topics will form a part of our discussion table - they will be explored, linked to other efforts, and will help spawn new events.
Doors open 18:15. Children aged 0-100+ welcome! This event is wheelchair accessible.
What: Unwrapping Science has no Borders! 2 short inspirational presentations, hands-on DIY science workstations, food, tea/coffee, and biscuits [food allergies? let us know in advance!]
Where: University College London, Chadwick Building - G04 - [map] enter UCL via Gower St, turn right and follow the ShnB (Science has no Borders) signs
When: Monday, Sept 26th, 2016 18:30
Why: Because we love to explore and learn!
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There will be event signage directing you to the room.
This event is part of the project Do-It-Together science - you can learn more about it [here].
Organizer DITOs / Citizens without Borders / University College London
Organizer of Science has no Borders - Unwrapped!
Doing It Together Science (DITOs) is an EU citizen science project dedicated to creating innovative and participatory experiences and events across Europe. We focus on two critical areas: the cutting edge topic of biodesign and the pressing area of environmental monitoring. We also advance the EU Responsible Research and Innovation agenda by moving beyond more traditional approaches into direct engagement that builds upon DIY, grassroots, and frugal innovation initiatives so that in the short and medium term we sustain localised capacity building and in the long term the effects of these grassroots efforts channel into policy action at different levels.
