Fun Techtivities in July!
We may be back in school, or amid the holidays for some of us. No matter what we are doing, we always need a break, so here are some #Techtivities for you to go to with your friends and family to have fun while learning about technology at the same time! 😉
Starting with some #TechNews, have you ever heard of 3D printing 🖨️? Soon, we might get 3D-printed fish 🐟 on our plates!
Based in Singapore, Umami Meats cultivates grouper stem cells 🧫 into muscle and fat. Steakholder Foods, based in Israel, uses this to create a 'bio-ink' to 3D-print a fish fillet! When fried and seasoned 🍳🧂, the meat does not differ greatly from traditional fish. Umami Meats hopes to be able to bring these products to Singapore 🇸🇬 as early as next year. Read more here!
Now that we’re all set, keep scrolling on to discover techtivities that you and your family can indulge in this month! ✨
The Hidden Forest
Taking a trip to Gardens By The Bay over the weekend? Stop by The Hidden Forest - a new digital experience that will take you into the unique and mysterious world of cloud forests! Bringing to life the interconnected ecosystem of remote cloud forests and the rare flora and fauna that live within, this display is sure to capture anyone’s interest. 🤩
What tech is here? 🤔
🧑💻 Move to stimulate the growth of Cecropia trees (also known as the Tree of Laziness as they provide food for sloths), Monkey-faced orchids, and other plant life found in cloud forests - done with the help of Sensing Technologies! 🌱
🧑💻Touch the walls to conjure sleepy sloths making their slow way along tree branches! 🦥
Details:
When: From 29 June 2024
Where: Cloud Forest, Gardens By The Bay
Price: From $8
Learn more here.
Impressions of Monet
While at Gardens By The Bay, keep a lookout for the multi-sensorial exhibition Impressions of Monet and enter the beautiful art world of French painter Claude Monet! With art, nature, and technology combined, all visitors are guaranteed an experience like no other before. 😉
What tech is here? 🤔
🧑💻 See Monet’s masterpieces come to life through breathtaking projections on an immense scale! 📽️
🧑💻Immerse yourself in Monet’s works through the sights and sounds at this exhibition! 🧑🎨
Details:
When: From 12 July 2024
Where: Flower Dome, Gardens By The Bay
Price: From $8
Learn more here.
Olafur Eliasson: Your Curious Journey
Can you make the ungraspable tangible? You can at the Olafur Eliasson: Your Curious Journey exhibition! Featuring the Icelandic-Danish artist, Olafur Eliasson, view his artworks that touch on embodiment, experience, perception, as well as the urgency of climate action and more-than-human perspectives.
Enter this exhibition to conjure evanescent phenomena – shimmering rainbows, swirling mists, the split-second sculptural form of a spouting fountain – or make invisible elements of our surroundings like air or magnetic fields experienceable. 😲
What tech is here? 🤔
🧑💻At Symbiotic Seeing, see swirling ripples above you that come from the effects of coloured laser lights coalescing with periodically released fog and be hypnotised by the effects which resembled the three states of matter! 🔦
🧑💻Do we all see the same thing? At Beauty, view radiant rainbows that appear when observed at a specific angle which are unique to each person due to the varying refraction and reflection of light on the droplets! 🌈
Details:
When: Until 22 September 2024
Where: SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Price: From $15
Learn more here.
International Summer Holiday Coding Camps
At Coding Lab, we inspire our students to discover and nurture their potentials through coding. 💻 Whether they aspire to be a future doctor fascinated by science, or a game developer immersed in gaming, coding can ignite their curiosity and pave the way for exciting possibilities! 🌟 Join us in our exciting Summer Holiday Coding Camps!
Tailored for ages 7 to 18, our award-winning, MIT-inspired curriculum is specially designed to ensure the best learning experience for your child.
What tech is here? 🤔
🧑💻 Ages 7-9: Take their first step into coding on Scratch, picking up essential coding concepts, and advance further by delving into our exciting research areas! Dive into Augmented Reality with hands-on projects that merge the virtual and real worlds🕶️, or code interactive models and games to give your child a head start in understanding fundamental Biology concepts🧪!
🧑💻 Ages 10-12: Unleash your creativity and bring your ideas to life through coding! Master programming fundamentals on the MIT App Inventor platform to develop mobile games📱, and on Python, the top 5 global programming language to create impactful programs🖥️! Take a step further and explore the BBC Micro:Bit to understand software-hardware synergy, creating projects such as a music player using resistors, using the Microsoft Makecode editor to create different output with sensors and many more! 🕹️
🧑💻 Ages 13-18: Elevate your teen's portfolio with mastery of Python coding, the top global programming language. Put their coding skills to test and dive into game development using Python Arcade, exploring key design concepts to create unique games🎮, or explore all about Machine Learning and AI, gaining practical experience that demonstrates the impact of these technologies in today's modern society. 🤖
Make this summer holiday an unforgettable one with our exciting coding camps! Sign up to secure a spot for your child today! 💚
For those back in school, don’t fret as we also have our weekly classes! 🤩
Sign up here or feel free to drop us an email, call us, or WhatsApp us to get in touch. 😊
Psst! You can apply the discount code ‘CODEHANGOUT’ to get *12% discount when signing up in a group of 3 or more! Slots are running out quickly so secure a timeslot of your choice for your child today! 😉
*When stacked with Early Bird Discount
Details:
When: 27 May to 8 August 2024
Where: Online, Parkway Parade, Bukit Timah (KAP Mall), United Square, Seletar Mall, Woodleigh Mall
Price: From $430.55
To wrap up our #TechtivitiesOfTheMonth, here is a fun #TechFact!
Did you know that Pokemon Go, the Augmented Reality (AR) mobile game from the Pokemon franchise, launched on July 6, 2016? This brought AR to the masses successfully!(Source)
Another AR application in the Pokemon franchise is Pokemon Smile, which encourages users to brush their teeth thoroughly. The applications of AR are not just limited to video games; it has seen use in sectors such as education, healthcare, military, architecture, and more!
If you haven’t seen our previous techtivity recommendations, check out our June #TechtivitiesOfTheMonth, which includes more cool tech-related activities you can do with friends and family!
(Written by Thinzar)