MusicManiac Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 If this is anything like the LOTR convention that was here earlier in the year I'll prolly end up going much, much more than once... Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination (Community, October 27, 2005 through April 30, 2006, Boston Museum of Science, MA) Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination is a new exhibit premiering at the Museum of Science in Boston, MA on October 27, 2005. The exhibit will remain in Boston until April 30, 2006, at which point it will begin a traveling tour, visiting Columbus, OH, Portland, OR, Los Angeles, CA, Saint Paul, MN, Philadelphia, PA, and Fort Worth, TX. Visit the Museum or Exhibit website for more information, tickets, and volunteer information. Right Now in a galaxy not that far away... Boston Museum of Science The first exhibition of its kind, Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination combines costumes and props from all six Star Wars films with real-world technologies; video interviews with filmmakers, scientists and engineers; hands-on components, including two large Engineering Design Labs, where visitors build and test speeders and robots. The only place in the world to experiance this....Boston, Massachusetts! They have all the props, ships, costumes and character armor. There is also many exclusive shows from the magic of CGI to different techniques used in the film and music to motion picture (The Music of Star Wars) Dates of Convention Oct 27, 2005-April 30, 2006 Luke’s original Landspeeder from Episode IV is on public exhibit for the first time, alongside scale models of X and Y-wing starfighters, TIE fighters. Visitors will also see an original Yoda Puppet from the first trilogy, Darth Vader’s actual helmet from Episode III. MILLENNIUM FALCON SIMULATION In a full-size replica of the cockpit of Episode IV’s Millennium Falcon, visitors experience the jump to lightspeed. A multimedia presentation explores what we know about our own galaxy in a breathtaking ride to the edge of the Universe. PERSONAL HOVERCRAFT Visitors climb into an air-cushion vehicle and experience how a floating vehicle handles. ROBOT OBJECT THEATER DEBATE: Entering a large-scale model of the rusted-steel interior of a Jawa Sandcrawler, visitors meet C-3PO and (via video projection) real-world robotics engineer Cynthia Breazeal, Director of the Robotic Life Group, MIT Media Lab. The robot and the roboticist debate the merits of R2-D2 and how researchers try to duplicate traits such as mobility, perception, and cognition, while introducing some Star Wars robots. A tour of real world robotics follows. BUILDING COMMUNITIES AUGMENTED REALITY INTERACTIVE Together, visitors build a spaceport, moisture farm community, and walled Jawa town. Placing cards on a table—the physical landscape—a computer superimposes a building on a site in virtual reality and real time. A VR explorer enables visitors using a head-mounted display to "fly" through the collaboratively built environment. Augment Your Experience With Our Multimedia Tour. REAL WORLD STARSHIPS Visitors will see actual vehicles and prototypes that researchers and engineers in our own world have developed. _____________________________________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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