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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 24 Nov 2016, p. 7

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, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 - wan-boo cammcu . 7 O O O O O Perimeter Instltute s new exhibit ex . lores . ower of ideas In BILL IACKSON of time, from Einstein's Theory of Rel- FO’ the 01'0"“? advity to a more contemporary View. __V â€"'W ‘ ”Time certainly isn't the static oncepts of time travel, telepor» Q) marching thing we all like to think it tation and spaghettificau’on are is.“ Dick said. going on a cross-country edu- People will be able to View the cations] tour. ‘ Power of Ideas during specific inter- Part of Heritage Canada's Innova» , “at vals on Saturday and Sunday at the tion 150 initiative, a gymnasium-sized ‘ V Perimeter institute, 31 Caroline St. exhibit has been created in partnerâ€" ’ N., from it) am. to 4 pm. Tickem are ship with the Perimeter institute and available at www.perimeterinstitute. the Canadian Association of Science ‘ ca/tickets. Centres. _ . _ “V "From the quantum to the cos~ , g . ° ' a 1 A mos,” said Greg Dick. director of edu~ ‘ ‘ KIWAN utional outreach at the Perimeter V 3 .‘j . V a . it institute for 'lheoretical Physics, ' ‘ V *4}; Dubbed the Power of ideas, Dick ‘ .H | ‘v said the main goal is opening students . ‘ . "L-“FQ I to the possibilities of STEM (science. , _ " My! lid m men for / technology, engineering and math) '1 K in» . m 3.12 creativity at a time when Canada is _ . , competitiveontheglobalstage. . “5 J5 ’ “we want to take that Canadian Students from Sir John A. Mudonaid Secondary School got a sneak peek at the new Power of ideas exhibit at the mindspace and convince people of Perimeter Institute. it's open to the public this weekend before it officially starts its tour. at mm more the wonderful opportunities we have A here,” he said. "We want to inspire will be in more than 60 communi- ton Collider â€" the largest machine in conveying the message that science J and light that fire with people across ties. stopping at science centres and the world â€" participants can activate is model-based, not a body of knoM- ’ r .6 the country, especially with young schools in every province and terri' objects that are key to the functioning edgeyou memorize, Dick added. people poised to make contributions." tory. of a particle accelerators ”it's creativity driven, and asking Students from local schools are The exhibit features a display 'There's stuflto do at every stop,’ good questions leads to more ques- Sunday, 03m 1 1th getting the chance to take in the about the world's most powerful tele‘ Dick said. "There's a mobile maker tions,” he said. ”Models that we use at 3W“ exhibit, aimed at Grades 7 to 12, this scope â€" the Event Horizon Telescope space thatwill show up to the schools to describe the world â€" if they pre- ' week The public will have the oppor- _ that is currently on a mission to and do workshops with the kids with dict what we see they're good models. amwm tunity to see it at a free, timeâ€"fickgted take pictures of the black hole at the laser cutters and 3D printers and fun but we know eventually we’re going ”REMIX. m showing this weekend before it heads centre ofthe MilkyWay galaxy. White that." to find something that breaks that MW“ of to Vancouver on an iii-wheeler. Using an interface that resembles While there are plenty of hands- model“ I In the year ahead, the exhibit a control station from the Large Had- on displays, one main objective is Case in point: our understanding phone 5 9522-4397 ' ‘ - . “‘ " , 1‘ a Mr .-,* 9-12.; ‘ g ‘-j ' . M '3')" A ~ . , "2 ‘2': '- 5’ 1" 1,?5‘ ’ v a! flak... s i â€"‘ 5 4 g; ~ '3 if? V ' ?\_.. t " f' ‘ , ‘ "'4“: “:1 "J Jr; ‘- , O . , v r, , ‘ ' , . ' ' 3 il‘ 3'". y ' t. ‘ ' ‘ . 7’.” r t" l - i} I § i ’2')? ar‘ 7“ J Thf “‘I '1 'l l D "i'li'i’ i‘” e HUME, ISlltyOLll wants. 0!] IL i 90 O waste. . , ‘ , , â€"â€" V - q, 4 qty ’ t’ (:4:â€" K- ‘. ' r "r 1 . , r t. v T g its! gm . ~. Var . h. 4 l ‘- ‘ “‘ A ' 'V T 2 i“? m' . , ' ‘-._._.._.L ._ ‘ 7â€"1 .9; “ ' g g . i‘ , J ’ i i , , l ,j ; TOMORROW I. V, .‘ ,j;_: i,‘ " t‘. ,‘iru ~,_’, ,, ‘,lm ‘- ‘14 t, _ t , , _ xx 0.. . .' V ,1": V ‘ _ _ \ ,§ .. V . , i y o “l" 3i” "5 ‘ ’ RECYCLE .‘ - ' “t _ , 1‘ - 5| 0‘ , . . ‘ . - ‘4 . . ‘1; 2 “t3 I? 3'“ ELECTRONICS . I f / J1“, , L , , , , _ i . i . $137363“ r .. . 6‘1“?" , _ . , , , . . ,t V ‘ ;,;"""‘ a g

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