Sparks is an awareness-raising project to show Europeans that they can get involved in science and that various stakeholders share the responsibility for scientific research and innovation.
Led by Ecsite - the European network of science centres and museums - Sparks is carried out over a three-year period (July 2015 to June 2018) by a network of partners including science shops and science centres/museums active across the whole European Union and Switzerland.
Beyond the Lab tells the stories of a growing number of ‘DIY scientists’ around the world who are busily hacking, experimenting and inventing in the field of healthcare.
These citizen scientists often work with professional researchers to gather and analyse scientific evidence helping to understand local environment and face public health challenges such as air pollution, antibiotic resistance or disease outbreaks.
The exhibition focuses on three areas of DIY science:
Shazia is an active campaigner for clean air in London and uses air monitoring devices to measure pollution in their homes and neighbourhoods so that families and children can take less polluted paths in her area.
The Mosquito Atlas project creates a nationwide network of amateur mosquito catchers, who mail thousands of mosquitoes to Doreen every year from all across Germany, helping her to provide a vital monitoring service that helps the government predict and plan for potential disease outbreaks.
Tim has type 1 diabetics and decided to hack and build his own medical devices and apps in order to share ways to bring down the cost of diabetes care and improve on what is available from healthcare providers.
Pedro and Helena set up Patient Innovation, an organisation that works to share DIY medical solutions with a worldwide audience and supports patients and carers to launch businesses based on their ideas.
Sara uses a range of wearable technologies to record her condition, track symptoms and customise her treatments of Parkinson’s disease. Then she shares her experiences with other patients online and encourages them to take control of their own healthcare.
In his lab, Pieter crowdsources new antibiotics from soil, plant and flower extracts’s with people from around the world invited to search for a solution to antibiotic resistance.
SAPIENTIA HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRANSYLVANIA
The Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania is the independent university of the Hungarian community in Romania, which aims at providing education to the members of our community and performing scientific research on a high professional level.
Sapientia University, Faculty of Economics and Socio-Human Sciences and Engineering
Miercurea Ciuc, judeţul Harghita, Piaţa Libertăţii nr. 1., 530104
Tel.: +40-266-314-657, Fax: +40-266-372-099
E-mail: miercureaciucuni.sapientia.ro