“Visualisation technology makes it possible for children to interact with scientific material. They carry out ‘exploranation’, and this will, hopefully, stimulate their interest in what is presented and the mathematical methods that lie behind it,” said Anders Ynnerman when he presented his research as final speaker of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Jubilee Symposium held at Linköping University.
“Watching children stand fascinated and interact with our algorithms feels more valuable than more scientific citations,” he says.
WASP programme

One important application of the technology can be found within the Wallenberg Autonomous Systems and Software Program, WASP, where one major branch of the programme is involved in training autonomous, driverless vehicles in various difficult traffic situations.
Jubilee Grant
Peter Wallenberg Jr trying Mindball at Visualiseringscenter Photo credit: Thor BalkhedPeter Wallenberg Jr and some of his colleagues were not slow to test several phenomena at Visualization Center C during the lunch break.
“Visualization Center C is a great example of how interest for science can be aroused in children and young people, said Peter Wallenberg Jr.
The Wallenberg Immersive Science Communication Domes project (known as ‘Wisdome”), led by Anders Ynnerman and Visualization Center C in Norrköping, received in January 2017 a grant of SEK 150 million as part of the 100-year jubilee celebrations of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. The aim is to spread the unique material shown at Visualisation Center C throughout Sweden, by establishing similar facilities in Gothenburg, Malmö, Stockholm and Umeå.
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