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Play with Scientists and Light!


Highfield Campus

Building: 59 | Zepler

Room: 1257

Age suitable for:
  • All ages


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  • Flashing images
  • Enclosed spaces
  • Darkened spaces
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Join Lightwave, from the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, alongside researchers from Cornerstone, to bring light to life!

Create your own Pepper's Ghost projector and explore how illusions are formed using reflection.

Guide LED marbles through our Marble-Run "Microchip" to discover how waveguides channel light on silicon photonics chips-technology that powers high-speed communications, sensing, and next-generation devices.

Learn how fibre optics carries information at incredible speeds, and be mesmerised by our infinity mirror. Play with light, spark your curiosity, and uncover the amazing possibilities it holds.


Queue alert: This activity is very popular, please consider that there might be a queue to access the room where the event is taking place