“TouchTomorrow” — Experience the Future in the Science Truck

Numerous students from Steinmühle in grades 8 through 11 had the opportunity to experience this over two days in the Dr. Hans Riegel Foundation’s Science Truck, which made a stop at the Stadthalle in Marburg in October.
At this mobile learning center, students were greeted by an exciting, interactive environment where they could explore the future world of life and work under the guidance of three young STEM coaches.

This made it possible to program a humanoid robot to transport a gold bear into a box. Afterward, they learned about the types of tasks robots could be used for in the near future.
“Augmented Reality (AR)” can be used in the future to simplify the assembly of relatively complex machines. At this station, the students had to assemble a machine using smart glasses, through which animated step-by-step instructions were displayed.
At another station, the students were able to experience how virtual spaces can make learning and working easier in the future. Using virtual reality (VR) goggles, participants enter a virtual workshop where they can work on a machine.
At the “Mind Control” exhibit, students experience what it feels like to control objects using only the power of their brainwaves. Here, they must guide a ball through an obstacle course. Technically, this works by measuring voltage fluctuations in the brain. A headset records these voltage fluctuations on the forehead.

Other exhibits focus, for example, on OLED displays, smart textiles, and the “Hyperloop”—a circular vacuum tube in which vehicles can be accelerated to speeds of up to 1,300 km/h, which could be a form of transportation of the future.

The students thought it was “cool” that they got to try so many things out for themselves, and they also found it interesting to learn what the future might hold for them.

For more information: www.touchtomorrow.de