Students in our 4th year “Real World Problem Solving” elective course (INTEG 475) have been invited to design an exhibit for the !dea Gallery at the Ontario Science Centre.
The Game Changer exhibit, inspired by citizen science, opens on April 20, and will be on display until September 29, 2013.
Here's a video interview from the exhibit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfCl7icFsA4&feature=youtu.be
Game Changer is a look at the ways that games can change the world and our lives for the better. The exhibit looks at citizen science games, which are created by researchers in order to accomplish certain tasks that humans are good at, and computers aren't such as identifying pictures of galaxies or figuring out how proteins fold. It also looks at how games can teach us real-life skills such as problem-solving, and how we can use parts of games to make boring stuff like chores or recycling more interesting.