What is the project about?
‘Seeing the unseen’ - we will showcase some DIY approaches to explore the world within & around us, and see even familiar things in ways you have never seen them before, ranging from microscopes built from Lego and 3D printers to interactive ways to see your voice, how human embryos grow, & how our brains collect and use information from our eyes.

Where did you get the idea?
As university educators/scientific researchers for the last 15-20 years, we have learned the power of discovery and seeing something in a new way for the first time for driving learning and understanding. This project is all about democratizing that moment of discovery by inspiring and empowering the public to do it for themselves.

How did you transform the idea into a real project?
The process behind everything we do is to make the seemingly complex as simple and accessible as possible by focusing on the most important parts. This is as true for designing optical instruments as it is helping students learn about anatomy - focus on the core ideas and simplify the rest.