Science Festival
My village in 2030
15 Oct 2018
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Ruxandra Pilsiu
What happens to marshmallows when a vacuum is created under the dome? These children got a chance to find out.
Can you imagine a village in 2030? The local "Fête de la Science" was the perfect place to do so this past weekend. Berre l'Etang, a village about 50 km from ITER, practiced the exercise by proposing to travel in time and discover what new technologies will be part of our lives in the future. ITER was there to represent fusion!
"The Village of the Future" hosted 150 organizations and 90 displays with hands-on experiments were proposed to students and the general public. The small ITER laboratory was a popular stop—visitors had the chance to see how a magnetic field is generated, to discover the principles of vacuum, and even to produce plasma into a microwave.
In Berre l'Etang, but flying over the ITER site. The younger crowd was especially appreciative of ITER's virtual reality experience.
The nationwide "Fête de la Science" is an annual event in France to connect science to everyday life based on simple demonstrations. ITER's selection of experiments is growing from year to year ...
ITER physicist Greg De Temmerman brings the story down to a level that can be understood by all.
The ITER portable stand—just one of the areas at the fair that attracted young science and technology enthusiasts.
Ruxandra Pilsiu, from ITER Communication's visits team, was there to guide fair participants through the main buildings of the ITER installation ... virtually.