junge-uni

so there was an open day at our uni on friday and saturday.

The one on friday was called Junge-Uni (young uni) and the one on saturday was also open day to the public. Basic idea was to get people interested in coming to uni of innsbruck.

So we showcased our work... sort of. After cracking our brains trying to come up with something FLASHYYY (yes, this was our group's first open day, let's do it with a bang! Taklah, gambar from last year, nampak muka visitors bosan semacam je), so somebody suggested that we do something with RC cars as some guys here are actually working on vehicular networks, then attach some sensor nodes (ye, itu area saya), and create some games (which is permainan aci ligan - universal betol game simple cam gini, kan? and a demo of VTS which langsung tak dapat nak demo sbb suma org nak main aci ligan je).

And it was a hit! Among boys especially, nope, they dont care about the science behind it, but we managed to attract people. Even the ball-filled pool pon tak selaku our cars (they were a big hit last year), even booth db group yg ada pemenang starmania austria (ala2 pop idol) pon failed to attract as many kids as we did. Ye, mamat tu menang in 2002 when he was doing his phd, then buat album, tapi tak sepopular the second runner-up, so now he's back in school huhuhu... (although we did consider menyanyi dan menari to upstage this guy time brainstorming dulu, esecially when our austrian group member kept on raving on what a good programmer he is, on top being a singer and a dancer, mcmla dia sorg tak buat pape dah cukup nak tarik org, kan?).

So there, unlike other booths where they got kids to sit and a chance to explain their work, we let them kids play and we just changed the batteries when needed, and at the end of the day, the kids still dont know what we do, but hey, our group sure looked cool that day!

In the morning...

there the four of us melepak buat keje. Ok, sorg tu jela paling rajin dok tarik remote nak kasi kat budak lain main...

that was me, pura-pura buat keje... tp kekadang bumper depan keta sangkut, tolong la asingkan diorg. But in this one, pura2 je, kot2 sv tgk, takde la nampak melepak je manjang...

the big hit last year

Around 330 or so, alem came, so we went to the other departments to what they had for the kids....

this was at the physics' dept

another one the some science dept

tornado simulation... real science looks fun, but i wonder how easy it is to find a job in pure science...

shallow water simulation

at the astronomy dept

I think it is a really cool idea to have an open day like this, where we can start encouraging our young kids to be interested in science (and other areas, of course, what i saw was of course limited to the faculties in our area only). Tp masalahnya kalu buat kat malaysia, with the whole uni being open to the outsiders, by the end of the day, sure berlambak barang hilang :(