Science Centres

I believe we are have visited many different science centres in our lives, till today, i have visited a total of 3 different science centres and the experiences i received was amazing!I would like to talk about 1 innovation from each of the 3 different Science centres that i really like and want to share with you guys

1) Singapore Science Centre
2) Tokyo Science Center
3) Shanghai Science Center

1) Singapore Science Centre

This is perhaps the most common science centre we all have been to before but some of our innovation was really astounding. The Science Centre house more than 850 exhibits, mostly interactive; the largest collection devoted to science in the city. I would like to talk about the Singapore Omni-Theatre, which is an observatory and IMAX film theatre opened in 1977. The theatre consists of a massive hemispheric screen, twenty-three metres in diameter. This screen is sixteen metres or about five storeys high, and is made up of 376 pieces of vinyl-coated aluminium panels, covering a surface of 625 m². Stretching 180 degrees horizontal from wall to wall and tilted at a 30 degree angle to the horizon, the screen "wraps" over the audience to cover 80% of a hemisphere so that the images far exceed a person's field of vision.

This gave me a real unique experience and i can still remember the feeling of my first step into this omni-theatre, when the whole screen opens up and the as i walk up the stairs to my seat, the inclination made me feel like dropping all the way down. It was real scary but exhilarating!

2) Tokyo science centre

It was a family trip to Tokyo science center and i could not find or remember the technical term for that piece of innovation but i would gladly describe it to you. First and foremost, there is this house on one of the levels, from outside looks perfectly normal and floor parallel to the ground. However, when you step into this house, the sudden surge of gravity would unwittingly "push" you towards the left side and when you try to stand up and move towards the right, it was so hard that we gave up after our 10th attempt. It is like crawling against a greased pillar, no matter how hard i crawl, i will still slide and fall back! The most amazing thing is, there is no visible inclination of the floor and it seems like an ordinary and flat ground.
Gravity is simply so amazing!

3) Shanghai Science Centre
the exhibits include:
1) Spectrum of Life
2) Light of Exploration
3) Home on Earth
4) World of Robots
5) Human and Health
6) Earth Exploration
7) Light of Wisdom
8) Space Navigation
9) Information Era
10) Cradle of Design
11) Children's Rainbow Land
12) Animal Hall
13) Spiders Exhibition

However, the one innovation i remember was the virtual gaming world:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwQTW0b7vYg

As shown in this video, people are playing games with motion sensors, not just volleyball but a whole lot others like soccer, rowing, an adventure etc...
it seems just like a second xbox-kinect!

How wish i could revisit such places, it is an amazing experience and i think you shoudl visit them someday too!