The 2024 Korea Science Festival, the largest science festival in Korea, opened successfully and will be held in the Daejeon area until Sunday.
This year, with the theme of the world’s largest laboratory, it is said that anyone who comes to the festival can experience being a scientist.
Reporter Yang Hui-young introduces the vivid festival scene.
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When you move a radiation meter in virtual reality, it sounds an alarm.
This is a radiation disaster prevention training experience using mixed reality and XR technology, allowing you to experience everything from wearing protective clothing to how to use measuring instruments, just like in real life.
[서아름 / 충북 제천시 : 피폭 상황이라고 하니까 마음이 떨렸던 것 같아요. 계측하는 장면을 하면서 어떻게 처치해야 하는지 간접 체험할 수 있었습니다.]
You can make your own Lego fishing rod through programming and take out snacks.
You can also experience the feeling of walking on the surface of the moon in a low-gravity device with gravity reduced to one-sixth.
Many visitors flocked to the booth where you can experience a roller coaster in VR as well as the booth where you can control a drone to play bingo.
[송재용 / 대전 동구 : 과학 행사에서 여러 가지 할 수 있는 기회가 돼서 좋았던 것 같아요. TV에서 봤던 것들을 직접 볼 수 있어서 좋았습니다.]
Continuing from last year, the Korea Science Festival was held in Daejeon, a city of science.
In particular, this year, the scale has grown and the content has been enriched by integrating the experience-oriented science festival and the ‘Science and Technology Exhibition’ centered on the exhibition of major research results.
This year, a variety of spaces have been prepared so that anyone can enjoy science and relax comfortably, including a science museum where you can see the works of companies participating in CES and the latest research results, a science theme park, and a science lounge.
[홍순정 / 과학기술정보통신부 미래인재정책국장 : 아이들의 상상력과 호기심을 자극할 수 있는 많은 과학 프로그램이 준비되어 있고, 스타 과학자나 유명 과학 유튜버의 쉽고 유익한 강연이나 생활과학교실 선생님들의 아주 재미있는 과학 교육 프로그램도 준비되어 있습니다.]
This year’s Korea Science Festival, held under the theme of “The World’s Largest Laboratory,” will continue until Sunday at the Daejeon Expo Citizen’s Square and Science Park.
This is Yang Hwayeong from YTN Science.
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