I’m fascinated by the fact that Disney has opened a second Nanooze Lab exhibit, this time at Disneyland in California. I mentioned the lab in my Feb. 25, 2010 posting when it first opened at Disney World in Florida. From my Feb. 2010 posting,
Disney is going nano. The National Science Foundation announced (from the press release),A new long-term exhibition at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fl., will bring visitors face to face with the nanoworld.
Housed in the Innoventions pavilion at Epcot Center, the exhibition Take a Nanooze Break features a series of interactive, continually updated displays that allow visitors to manipulate models of molecules, study everyday items at the nanoscale, and interact with scientists and engineers who conduct the latest nano research.
“The experience is immersive and gives guests a number of ways to view a world that is too small to see,” says Carl Batt of Cornell University, the lead researcher for the project. ”It also gives guests a view of nanotechnology from real scientists”
Here’s something about the latest Nanooze Lab, from the Oct. 27, 2011 news item on Nanowerk,
Do you really understand the concept of “small?” For the next year, children and adults alike can learn all about the world of small at the Nanooze Lab at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif.
The Nanooze Lab is open now. Guests will have the opportunity to “touch a molecule” and zoom into the nanometer scale world of atoms and molecules. User-friendly microscopes enable guests to magnify everyday objects over 100 times, while kids can explore using magnifying glasses to look at butterfly wings and other objects from nature.
Sponsored by Cornell University and the National Science Foundation, the Nanooze Lab also includes a live show where guests can hear about the wonders of nanotechnology — and even get to make nanometer-scale material.
There is, apparently, a Nanooze media enterprise. You can find out more about that here at the website which features the Nanooze children’s magazine, a blog, and a scientist Q&A. The copyright notice at the bottom of the webpage mentions Cornell [University] NanoScale Science and Technology Facility and there is a project notice crediting the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network.