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Tech City is new exhibit at Museum of Discovery

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techcityLogo_4CInvent, design, create and build in Tech City, the Museum of Discovery’s new exhibit which opened last Saturday, February 8.

Tech City features 12 interactive stations that allow visitors to solve problems that engineers face each day on the job.

“One of our goals at the Museum of Discovery is helping young people establish a clear line of sight between science- and technology-related activities and careers in important, rewarding fields like engineering,” said museum CEO Kelley Bass. “In Tech City our visitors will engage in some of the day-to-day tasks engineers take on and see that these activities can be fun and challenging.”

In Tech City, visitors can build structures that will withstand the force of an earthquake; use a computer program to adjust simulated traffic flow by changing traffic light timing; engineer with sound in a studio with effects and instruments and play the recordings back; dam a creek to prevent flooding; build a bridge and more. The exhibit also includes a play area for young museum visitors.

Tech City is supported in part by Garver and will be on display through May 11. For more information visit http://www.museumofdiscovery.org or call 501-396-7050.

Museum of Discovery’s mission is to ignite a passion for science, technology and math in a dynamic, interactive environment.

Science of Good and Bad Habits is focus of January Science after Dark

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scienceafterdarkThe Museum of Discovery’s monthly adults-only Science After Dark explores “The Science of Good and Bad Habits ” this month.

The new year often brings a resolve to try new things or break harmful practices. This month the event explores the science behind habits.  There will be junk food experiments, demonstrations about nicotine, recycling and much more!

Damgoode Pies will sell pizza by the slice and Juanita’s will provide a cash bar

Wednesday, January 29 from 6-8 p.m.
@ Museum of Discovery

Ages 21 and older

Cash Bar Available

Admission: $5 per person; members FREE

Watch this month’s Science After Dark video 

Science after Dark occurs the last Wednesday of each month from 6pm to 8pm. Museum educators pick a science-related topic, and develop an event around it. The event is for ages 21 and older.

It is a great chance to explore the museum’s exhibits and enjoy downtown Little Rock.

Finalists for Museum of Discovery Robot Name

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The Museum of Discovery received hundreds of wonderful name suggestions for our robot and narrowed the list down to ten. If we received the same suggestion more than once, we took the person who suggested it first. Here are the name suggestions chosen:Buttons (by Milo Krain)
I MOD (by Campbell Beazley)
Lunchbox ( by Jann Greenland)
Sebastian Razorbot (by Josie Parker)
Hoover (by Patrick Burnett)
AR-D2 (by Whitney Haynie)
Sheldon Tinkerton (by Sherry Berry)
Squeakers (by Sara Kamps)
Clamps (by Matthew Berry)
Sparky (by Sara Drew)

Thank you to everyone who participated by submitting suggestions. Now we need to vote on the above names. Voting will close Friday, January 24. You can only vote once per computer/mobile device.

Name the Robot Contest Survey

Help Name the Robot at the Museum of Discovery

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A new robot is excited to have a permanent home at the Museum of Discovery but is sad that it doesn’t yet have a name.  The Museum is asking the public’s help to find the perfect name for this great addition to the museum? Submit a suggestion today (contest open through January 14 at noon.) The contest winner will receive a museum prize pack and a co-starring role in a video with the newly-named robot!

1. Keep it clean!

2. Keep it unique. We love famous robots such as R2-D2, WALL-E and Johnny-Five too but want our robot’s name to be an original. That way, we can avoid confusion (and trademark infringement).

3. Submissions must be made between January 3 through January 14 at noon. A committee will choose the best robot name suggestions and the public will vote on those names from January 16 through January 24. The winner will be announced on Saturday, January 25.

4. Submissions can be made in the following ways:

5. One submission per person.

The winner will receive four Museum of Discovery passes, an Explore Store gift pack and will appear in an official museum video with the robot.

November Science After Dark: Science of PI(E)

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Usually the Museum of Discovery’s SCIENCE AFTER DARK takes place on the final Wednesday of the month. Because that is Thanksgiving Eve, they have moved it to the final Tuesday in November.
In honor of Thanksgiving, the Museum of Discovery’s monthly adult event, Science After Dark, will focus on the science of pi as well as pie.

  • Enjoy pi-centric math activities as well as a pi-based art project
  • Learn the secret to the perfect pie crust with Rock Town Distillery
  • Get a pie thrown in your face
  • Participate in a pie eating contest
  • Learn about the latest dough recipe from Damgoode Pies
  • Enjoy complimentary pie from local bakeries

Damgoode Pies will sell pizza by the slice and Juanita’s will provide a cash bar
Tuesday, November 26 from 6-8 p.m.
@ Museum of Discovery
Ages 21 and older

Cash Bar Available

Admission: $5 per person; members FREE

Robotics focus of exhibit at Museum of Discovery

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In science fiction, robots look like R2D2. In stores, they look like vacuum cleaners and robotic pets. On Saturday, October 12, visitors at the Museum of Discovery will see what robots look like in real life when the brand-new Robots and Us exhibit makes its debut. The exhibit will give visitors a lighthearted look at modeling artificial life after humans.

“Robotics is a growing field of research and an activity increasingly being undertaken by high school and college students around the world, including right here in Arkansas,” said Kelley Bass, CEO of the Museum of Discovery. “The museum is happy to have this very engaging, relevant exhibit for our visitors to explore and enjoy. We are glad to give our loyal fans another very compelling reason to visit us.”

Robots and Us encourages museum visitors of all ages to compare sci-fi fantasies of robots with today’s technical realities and to explore why it’s so hard to build robots to be like humans. Enjoy directing light-sensitive robots through mazes in the Robot Arena; experimenting with walking machines in the Leg Lab to learn how simple changes in anatomy can affect how they walk and handle obstacles; interacting with Lena, a computer-generated character and learning to race and outwit the Robot Arm.

Robots and Us will remain at the Museum of Discovery through January 26.

Museum of Discovery’s mission is to ignite a passion for science, technology and math in a dynamic, interactive environment.

Museum Information
Hours of Operation: Tuesday – Saturday: 9 am – 5 pm; Sunday: 1-5 pm; Closed Mondays except major holidays and in summer.
Admission: $10 adults; $8 ages 1-12; free under 1; members free
Phone Number: 501.396.7050
Website: www.museumofdiscovery.org

Science After Dark Tonight

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scienceafterdarkThe Museum of Discovery’s monthly adults-only Science After Dark explores “The Science of Fear” this month.  With this being the Halloween season, tonight, Wednesday, October 30 from 6-8 p.m. the program is looking at fear.

Face your fears as your learn the science behind fear.  (And for some people when they were in school, a fear WAS science.) There will be creepy live animals, a phobia tent, spooky films, insect eating (optional) and UAMS students will discuss two conditions that affect the way the brain and body process fear.

They’ll also be a costume contest so wear your Halloween best!

Tickets are $5 or free for members. There will be a cash bar.

Science after Dark occurs the last Wednesday of each month from 6pm to 8pm. Museum educators pick a science-related topic, and develop an event around it. The event is for ages 21 and older.

It is a great chance to explore the museum’s exhibits and enjoy downtown Little Rock.