Today we went to the magic materials exhibition at the science gallery. We saw how nanotechnology has been used to create lots of materials with interesting properties that give them unique practical applications (such as bullet-proof vests made of spider silk). Here are two pictures from the exhibition. The top picture is transition year students playing with silly putty, which is a non-Newtonian fluid (which means it does not abide by Isaac Newton's laws of physics). The bottom picture is an interactive art piece designed to give the person sitting in it an idea of what it's like to be a caterpillar in a cocoon. Yeah, I don't get it either.
See you next time,
Rory