Robots, artificial heart and implants. Jubilee Science Picnic in Warsaw – BBC

Jubilee 20. Science Picnic of Polish Radio and the Copernicus Science Centre (CSC), this year under the slogan “Health” will be held at the National Stadium in Warsaw. In this year’s event includes over 200 exhibitors.

“The progress in health is the most precious manifestation of the development of human civilization” – we read on the website CNK. At the beginning of the twentieth century. The average life expectancy was only 31 years – only three years more than in ancient Greece. Today we live on average 36 years longer. More and more easily and efficiently manipulate the human body. We exchange bodies implanted prosthesis and pacemakers.

During the picnic you will see life-saving surgical robot – Robin Heart, control the artificial heart and see how absorbed biodegradable implants, try out the interface, connecting the brain with artificial limbs and parts of the robots and find out what sickened prehistoric people or … dinosaurs.

Hospital from the inside

The position of Hospital clinical them. Anna Mazowiecka you will get to know the daily life in one of Warsaw hospitals, talk to the doctors and nurses to see the room surgical, diagnostic and treatment of premature babies.

Biocybernetics Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences will show how virtual reality can accelerate recovery and mobility, and the Institute of Physical Chemistry demonstrate a miniature laboratory, which in the future will be used in the home.

Control artificial heart

Cardiac Surgery Development Foundation will provide visitors the opportunity to control the artificial heart and will demonstrate training surgeons on a special simulator. International Association of Medical Students IFMSA allow to carry out operations on the teddy bear – maintaining sterility and procedures, such as in real operations.

What is cancer?

Thanks to the Foundation for Experimental Oncology and Clinical you can see for yourself the tumor and perform simple experiments on the sick tissues.

Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology will show the device to radiation based on synchrotron radiation coming from, and at the stand of the Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw will learn how to take care of their own brains through exercises developing cognitive abilities.

These are just some of the many attractions Picnic, Europe’s largest outdoor event of a science. The detailed program of this year’s picnic and plan of the individual positions can be found at: http://www.pikniknaukowy.pl. At the same site as the Picnic will be deployed eight points of information.