Sunday Showcase: Keio-NUS CUTE Center in ArtScience Museum
2013.09.27
Sunday Showcase: Keio-NUS CUTE Center in ArtScience Museum Date: Singapore 6 October,2013 1pm-7pm Place: ArtScience Museum, Singapore Keio-NUS CUTE Center opens an interactive digital media exhibition which involves forward-looking technologies including toys, games, augmented reality, smart phones and physical movements in the ArtScience Museum on the 6th of October. This is a part of the museum's Sunday Showcase. A monthly programme presented every first Sunday of the month to showcase cutting-edge projects undertaken by different tertiary institutions across Singapore. From 1pm to 7pm, the exhibition features CUTE Centre's research projects for all to experience technology, such as an electronic drink which excites the taste buds, pictures which emit different scents of fragrance, a toy that can jump like a Frog and shine like a Firefly and many others. A CUTE Workshop is also held on site where CUTE Center researchers will share their expertise and knowledge by guiding the public to make their own toy out of analog material and digital circuit. This event is free for all! See, smell, feel, taste and touch your future lifestyle! Cute Center is supported by the National Research Foundation under the Interactive Digital Media Programme hosted by the Media Development Authority of Singapore. Established in 2009, Keio-NUS Connective Ubiquitous Technology for Embodiments (CUTE) Centre is operated by the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Keio University in Japan. CUTE Projects aim to engage families with new forms of creative family connectivity; thus shaping future lifestyle for better communication and sharing.