Brain Awareness Day 2019

Agenda

Group 1 Group 2
RCC Visualization Lab Brain Dynamics Laboratory
Experienced how information is transformed into 3D or virtual reality programs that allow you to “dissect” real images of a brain into its constituent parts Introduction to MRI, EEG, and the other methods used to capture images and the activity of the brain
A simple version of a brain-machine interface, where suction-cup electrodes placed on a volunteer’s hands measured the electrical activity from opening and closing their fist and sent it to a nearby computer
Informed about how the biggest “brains” of the scientific world — data centers and computing clusters, such as RCC’s Midway — power today’s largest scientific collaborations
Brain Dynamics Laboratory RCC Visualization Lab
Introduction to MRI, EEG, and the other methods used to capture images and the activity of the brain Experienced how information is transformed into 3D or virtual reality programs that allow you to “dissect” real images of a brain into its constituent parts
A simple version of a brain-machine interface, where suction-cup electrodes placed on a volunteer’s hands measured the electrical activity from opening and closing their fist and sent it to a nearby computer
Informed about how the biggest “brains” of the scientific world — data centers and computing clusters, such as RCC’s Midway — power today’s largest scientific collaborations

Participating schools

  • Hyde Park Academy
  • The University of Chicago Charter School – Woodlawn Campus