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Cyberzone
Exhibits in Cyberzone
| Zone |
Exhibit name | Exhibit description |
Digital Workshop |
You're a multimedia star |
Combine graphics, audio and animation to create a personal multimedia presentation with you as the star. |
Digital details |
Explore the concept of resolution. Use your hand to make an imprint in low, medium and high resolution. |
Being digital |
Explore the process of converting text, images and sound information into digital data. See yourself in binary code. |
One code fits all |
Learn how one computer can understand what is produced on another computer through the use of binary code and software. Understand the need for standards - in this case ASCII; the American Standard Code for Information Interchange. |
Can you think in binary? |
See how humans think in decimal and computers 'think' in binary. |
Guess the face |
Identify the famous faces at different resolutions, learn how information is stored in computers. |
Cyber space |
Centuries of cyberspace |
A cartoon-style presentation to show the 6000 year history of human communication networks and illustrate the concept of cyberspace as a network based on digital communication. |
Learner's Internet
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A sample of what the internet can offer. This exhibit also examines social concerns such as human rights, privacy, censorship and pornography. |
Internet area |
Explore more of Cyberspace. |
Are computers intelligent?
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Have a conversation with a computer. Decide for yourself if computers can be intelligent. |
Data matching |
See who has access to information about you as you carry out everyday activities. |
Crack the code |
Crack the encrypted code. Realise the need for privacy and security for digital information. |
Data Demos |
Virtual environments
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Scientists can use mathematical models to assess the impact of change. In this case, the impact of forestry on owl populations. |
Digital detective |
Use virtual reality to recreate a scene and solve one of the crimes. |
Put your body in |
Experience virtual reality using blue screen technology. Movie special effects in practice.
Soccer game
Shark bait |
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