Fusion 2006 - extended hours on Saturday, May 13!*
This Special Event has already taken place. Check the Calendar for current listings.
Fashion ~ Robotics ~ Bioengineering ~ Gaming ~ The Environment
Explore these themes in interdisciplinary events created by students, for students. Fusion 2006 presents exciting projects from across Canada and abroad. All these events are free with regular Science Centre admission:Events From
Wed.- Sun., May 10 - 14
Weston Family Innovation Centre, Level D
Monsturbia Exhibit. Seneca College animation arts students display their latest gaming projects.
Mobi Robot. Students from Netherlands' Utrecht Art Academy show off their telecommunications robot.
Sustainable Architecture and Technology. Students from the International Academy of Design and Technology Toronto present sustainable architectural technology and the concept of connectivity and modular construction.
Events On
Sat., May 13 Only
10 am - 5 pm Procter & Gamble Great Hall, Level B
A Gaming LAN Party! Join more than 40 computer stations and connect with fellow gamers. Try new video games made by Game Design and Development students from the International Academy of Design and Technology,Toronto.
A Modcase Show. See what hot 'mods' are coming out of the International Academy of Design and Technology.
"Coated" Tyvek objects created by Don Mills Collegiate Institute students, inspired by fashion and innovative material
Creative Mapping. Artists Karen Abel (York University) and Sarah Cullen with members of Citizens' Environment Watch inspire you with new ways to see the world.
OCAD Industrial Design examples of graduate student work
Robotic Search and Rescue. Prof. Alex Ferworn and Ryerson University computer science students demonstrate several robotic technology projects including urban search and rescue (USAR), their Internet-enabled wheelchair NEPWAK and conduct a simulated USAR exercise employing mobile robots.
Bio-art video installation featuring:
Fugue, interactive art inspired by the human immune system, Science Department, University College London
Meart, the semi-living artist by Symbiotica with Philip Gamblen and Guy Ben-Ary, The Potter Neuro-Engineering Lab, Georgia Tech
Reactive: A Living Garment in a Mediate Space by Donna Franklin, The Art and Science Collaborative Research Laboratories, University of Western Australia
Level D, Gazebo Patio
FUNtain. Steve Mann, Chris Aimone and others from the University of Toronto and FUNtain.ca, demonstrate their acoustic aquatic fountain-piano.
Studio 2, Level B
11:00 am Student Reel Toronto Film School
1:00 pm Non-Photorealistic Rendering Alexander Kolliopoulos, University of Toronto
2:00 pm 'The Score' Movie Screening and Panel Discussion. The Ontario Genomics Institute brings this special screening of a groundbreaking drama about a scientist whose own genes threaten her career and her life, followed by an exciting discussion with a dynamic panel made up of the star of The Score, a genetics researcher, a genetic counselor, and a bioethicist.
7:00 pm Weston Family Innovation Centre, Level D
Fusion Fashion. Hot new fashion designs inspired by innovative materials and technologies, will be strutted down the catwalk. (Presented in partnership with digifest and produced by International Academy of Design and Technology students.)
digifest 2006 ~ Canada’s annual festival of design and media culture, May 10 - 14
Robot Riot 2006 ~ cheer on the robots at this robo-art show and competition at the Science Centre, Saturday-Sunday, May 13-14 * Stay late on Saturday, May 13 and see it all ~ Fusion 2006 in combination with digifest and Robot Riot.
