Would you believe us if we told you it was possible to take on the world of robotics without knowing a thing about engineering? At the Robot Warehouse electronics is explained with salt dough, vibrant robots are built using salvaged materials and a Rover is driven with thought power alone! Don’t believe it’s possible? See […]

Following its success last year, the science journalism lab is back. Boys and girls will have the opportunity to conduct a real interview with some important researchers and learn how to write an article by critically using internet sources and new media.

Why do stars shine? How many galaxies are there in the universe? How does a telescope work? Universe Lab will take you on a journey from the beginnings of Galilean astronomy to the most recent digital technologies. What are you waiting for? Come and discover the Universe! In collaboration with il Department of Physics at […]

21 schools. 300 tweetbooks. 2,391 Twitter accounts. 100,500 tweets and retweets. If Alessandro Manzoni were to wash his vocabulary on Twitter, students would read his novel in just one breath. An innovative and educational experiment.

Seismic shocks from the web. This lab will go into the dynamics of Social Sensing, that is, when social media acts as a social sensor and behaves to all extents and purposes like a seismic network. With as many shocks as a real event.

Intelligent robots and sensors are constantly finding new areas of application. In this lab you can admire the innovative ways these technical solutions are being used across various sectors, including providing assistance for the elderly and the disabled and protecting endangered animal species.

What is Educational Robotics? We’ll explore the world of robots from control computer to sensors, from servomotors to wheels to help us understand what robots are, how they work, how they are classified and what awaits us in the future. An educational exploration of robotics for adults and children!

Passwords, barcodes, PINs: what’s hiding behind these sequences of numbers and letters? This lab will focus on cryptography – the maths behind secret codes – and will unveil part of the mystery. From Caesar’s cipher to the most modern codification methods, you will learn how the most important information is hidden. And spy a little […]

Listen. Learn. Share. Memory isn’t a suitcase; it’s a network of relationships. It is alive as long as there’s an exchange between generations. Grandparents and grandchildren meet and exchange knowledge and old photographs; we will reconstruct the great mosaic of History through web platforms.

A box of good vibes, a must for anyone who has music in their blood. Everything you need to know about the physics of sound, audio technology and the most recent digital gadgets. A tasty appetiser before the test room: leave your best music which may be included in the IF Soundtrack.