Science Gallery Events

Maria
Bezaitis is Director of Intel's People and Practices Research Group. PAPR
explores fundamental paradigms and phenomena of everyday life in order to help
Intel think critically about how people, practices, and institutions

matter
to technological innovation.

With Nelly Ben Hayoun and Aideen Barry

Your chance to take part in a unique Science Gallery experiment! How will weightlessness affect domestic bliss? What products will feature in alien suburbia? Will we vacuum in a vacuum?

WHAT IF...? What if you could use a lamb as a kidney dialysis machine? Or grow meat for your dinner in a laboratory without killing an animal? From satellite communications to time-travel and invisible materials, breakthroughs in science and technology have often been driven by the exploration of fictional scenarios. Inspired by Science Gallery's current exhibition, WHAT IF, we challenge participants to come up with their own WHAT IF ideas imagine a future society, complete with new products and services, new rules of social behaviour and new ethical dilemmas.

UPDATE: If you're having trouble purchasing tickets online don't worry- just come down to the gallery and you can purchase tickets at the door!

Designer Mart at Cow’s Lane, one of Temple Bar Cultural Trust’s outdoor markets, presents ‘RE: Design’ in collaboration with The Science Gallery with Wendy Stephens from Temple Bar Designmart at Science Gallery

We’re celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species in true Science Gallery form with evolution events, Darwin look-a-likes and a first edition copy of the book itself at the gallery so you can come and have look at the real deal.

Book a nano appointment with Professor John Boland, Director of CRANN.  Prof Boland will answer any questions you have about nano-enabled technologies of the future.

Green Drinks is a simple idea that's gone global. Once a month in 610 cities around the world people with an interest in green issues get together to chat, share ideas and raise a glass to a brighter future. Join us in the Science Gallery café on  the first Tuesday of every month for a fun eco friendly evening.  

Join us at this Nanoweek special Science Leviathan which features top policy makers, industry leaders and researchers, to debate and discuss whether Ireland’s research and  development is enough to pull Ireland  out of its current financial crisis.

The event will be MCd by RTE 1 Current Affairs Reporter, Broadcaster and Author Mark Little.

Participants include:
 
Dr Constantin Gurdgiev is the Head of Macroeconomics with the IBM Global Center for Economic Development and Adjunct Lecturer in Finance with Trinity College, Dublin.

This workshop focuses on the development of economic value from university research, including discussions on Intellectual Property and case-studies on developing nanotechnology companies.

How can nanotechnology contribute to developing Ireland's knowledge economy? How should academic research, industry and government work together to enable this knowledge economy? How are scientific ideas change into commercial realities?

Take a tour of CRANN and finish the tour with a drink of your choice in the Science Gallery café to continue the discussion. Opened in 2008 CRANN is one of the most cutting edge research facilities in Ireland. During Nanoweek you will get a unique chance to take a tour of these fascinating labs. See world leading research as it happens, have a chat with a researcher and find out how something so small can have such a big impact on our research and economic landscape.