2016 Festival of Bright Ideas

SCIENCE EXPERIENCES

1. MONA 24 Carrot Gardons From the Cosmos to your cup we look at the water cycle and how we use water to grow, harvest, share and prepare the delicious, organic produce we grow. 2. Robotics Tasmania Champions & Challengers See Robocup Jr. LEGO robots in action and build your own $45 Bluebooth controlled robot.		3. DPIPWE Fishcare Tasmania Learn about recreational fishing, how to protect the marine environment for future generations and what information is used to make fishing regulations. 4. Engineers Australia Engineered for Life See some Tasmanian engineering projects that are touching your daily life and talk to living engineers who work in one o the most global careers available.
	5. Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery Age of the Arthrobots Understanding how arthropods work can help build a better robot, but is it possible to turn living arthropods into robots? 6. Concrete Dreams Electric Horsemen - Custom Electric Vehicles Come and see, touch and feel the bikes. See inside a 'Hub' motor and learn how it works. Watch a video or two, or just hang out and look cool.
7. City of Hobart The Science Behind Managing Hobart's Bush Discover the science behind managing Hobart's bush. From sampling leaf litter bugs to identifying scats, tracks and images. Help us identify the biodiversity hot spots of Hobart's bush. 8. Make Science Fun Amazing Wiggly Water Wave The Amazing Wiggly Water Wave is a visual treat for participants who just won't believe their eyes!		9. Bookend Trust Cirque 2 Sea Find and identify water bugs to see how they can help us understand water quality. 10. The Friends' School Curiouser and Curiouser Do your eyes play tricks on you? Come and see. Are you sensitive to smell? Who knows! Come and get a taste of brain science and find out.
	11. Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture Drones, remote technology and optical sensors Are the modern face of agriculture. Farmers are using quadcopters, smart GPS collars for livestock, lasers and thermal imaging to help them better manage their businesses. Come and find out how these agritech tools of today and tomorrow are changing the face of agriculture. 12. Resource Work Cooperative Creative Reuse Is rubbish really useless? We don’t think so… Learn about resource salvaging, reuse, and the many lives of materials!
13. Innovatas Design Thinking & 3D Printing What can design thinking do for you? Visit this showcase of computer aided design and 3D printing. 14. Royal Australian Chemical Institute "Tour de Force" Experience the very weak forces present between atoms and molecules in everyday and exotic materials through interactive displays and activities.		15. NRM South Get Down & Dirty for Soil Health We all rely on dirt. Most food grows from it and we must look after soil forever. Learn how from science! 16. Science Teachers Association of Tasmania (STAT) See the best Photographic Essays and Poster entries from the 2016 Tasmanian Science Talent Search and have a go at building a drone, droid or android with LEGO.
	17. Sustainable Learning Centre Fun with Fibonacci Discover fibonacci numbers and have fun exploring how they create patterns in nature. 18. Hobart Hackerspace Be inspired - discover electronics! Live demonstrations, 3 axis CNC machining, electronics disassemble bench, arduino projects and more!
19. CSIRO Find out how we innovate data, check out virtual reality, stress a tree and see how we use Australia’s national research ship to understand the ocean. 20. Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre Surveying the Antarctic Continent Learn how we survey Antarctic sea ice with drones and satellites, and try on some polar explorer gear!		21. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies Observe the life cycle of a lobster, let your fingers explore the touch tanks and discover the autonomous underwater vehicles that IMAS use to undertake their research in our oceans. 22. Australian Maritime College Australian Maritime College Sailing Simulator Hop in our sailing simulator and navigate your way around a virtual bay in our hydraulic sailboat.
	23. Freedom Class - Giant Drone Racing Drones! Be amazed by this display of drones including the world's largest fastest and most powerful, through to tiny drones that you can learn to fly onsite! 24. TasWater Detecting the Buried, Microscopic & Concealed Come and see some of the technology that TasWater uses to ensure our water and wastewater systems are working effectively.
25. Radio & Electronics Radio & Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania (REAST) Find out how we can communicate using light, how does Digital Data Transmission work? What is Software Defined Radio and how you can decode signals so weak the human ear cannot hear them? 26. Menzies Institute for Medical Research Showcasing the fantastic medical research that takes place in Tasmania in the areas of population health, laboratory research and clinical research.		27. Landsdowne Crescent Primary School Land to Sea Discover the dichotomous key and how you can use this tool to identify creatures in any environment, including your backyard! Also find out about an amazing interactive trail not far from your doorstep. 28. UTAS Robotics Demonstrations including our 2016 FRC Robot, Drones from the UTAS Drone Lab, Arduino Mini-bots, Custom and LEGO RoboCup Junior competition robots, a robot that moves in all directions without turning, and more!
	29. UTAS Motorsport Take a close look at UTAS Motorsport's 2015 race car and check out some of the designs and components in production for the 2016 vehicle. 30. 3D Scanned People, by Joseph Barrows, Digital Artist Be scanned into a 3D model for viewing and 3D printing.
31. The Atlas of Living Australia Discovered a creature in your house, at the park, or on the beach and like to know more about it? The Atlas of Living Australia contains information on almost 200,000 species and you can learn about them all using this amazing online tool! 32. WhySci When you lose weight, where does it go? Come to WhySci to find out!		33. Woodbridge Marine Discovery Centre Marine Discovery Plunge your hands into the touch tank and meet live marine animals, peer into the microscope to see live plankton, and watch the remotely operated underwater vehicle in action. 34. Landsdowne Crescent Primary School Survival of the Fishest! There's no PLANet B Have you ever imagined you were an endangered animal? Discover the threats to marine animals that have put them on the endangered list and learn what you can do to help them survive.
	35. Young Tassie Scientists Find Out What Scientists Really Do! These local young scientists share their passion for science through hands-on activities for all ages. 36. City of Hobart Imagination Playground What amazing structures can you build in the Imagination playground? Create, learn and have fun with these giant blue blocks – your imagination knows no limits!
37. Australian Antarctic Festival The Antarctic community in Hobart comes together in September to celebrate the beginning of a new season at the Australian Antarctic Festival. Visit us to discover all the exciting activities happening at this inaugural festival. More information can be found on the wesite www.antarcticfestival.com.au.		38. Svenja Kratz Small Wonders: A Collection of Curiousities 2016 The installation by Tasmanian-based artist Svenja Kratz consists of a series of oddities and artefacts from the artist's personal collection including mummified calf, hybrid taxidermy and mutant proteins. Each item forms part of an ongoing dialogue and fascination with evolution of scientific knowledge, ethics and the potentials and implications of new and emerging technologies.

FESTIVAL SPONSORS

and with thanks to Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology