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Surface Tension: The Future of Water

Mark your calendar for a sneak peek of our next exhibition, "SURFACE TENSION: The Future of Water". Expect unexpected artworks, intriguing investigations, watery wonders and more details to come….

EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS

Among the many water-themed exhibits, events, workshops, and interactive experiences, exhibition highlights include:

  • An open-source prototype for a robotic swarming sailing ship that could clean up oil spills in the future
  • Umbilical filters, artificial insemination kits and precocious puberty dolls, all responding to rising levels of chemicals and hormones in our drinking water
  • A water pump that requires the same amount of energy to fill a plastic bottle as would go into producing it – approximately 3 hours of pumping per liter; 1,000 times more energy than would be required for tap water
  • Artist Fergal McCarthy will swim across Dublin from south to north via the city’s many and varied waterways. A film that documents his journey will be screened throughout the exhibition
  • A project by TCD researchers and Dublin-based illustrator Chris Judge that explores the future of washing

Boole2School

November 2nd 2015 is the 200th anniversary year of  George Boole’s birthday. If you have ideas or suggestions about how you might like to celebrate the centenary in your school or region please email Ruairí Ó Céilleachair at boole200project@gmail.com
The goal of the Boole2School  Project is: “To grow awareness and prompt curiosity among Irish children and students of the impact of Irish science on the quality of modern life, exemplified by the unique contribution of Boole, with particular emphasis on disciplines of mathematics, computer science and engineering underpinning ICT.”

Cork Education Support Centre on behalf of  ATECI, in conjunction with UCC and with the help of NAPD, IPPN,PDST, IOP and with generous support from EMC are planning to have every school student in the country doing a lesson based on the work of George Boole on that day. 

Check out UCC’s calendar of events for this special year at http://georgeboole.com


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