Friday, February 16, 2007

The Science Museum

Today, we went to the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum. It was so cool. We saw how the Earth worked and how it moved. We also saw how they design, make and build electronics and stuff. They had a robots section that was cool. There was a robot that would play ping pong with you. They also had a robot That was playing a Chinese strategy game which I had no clue how to play. They also had this room that was all blue with a treadmill. You would walk on the treadmill while a camera filmed you, but added in a different background, so on the screen, it looked like you were walking a tight rope over the grand canyon or what ever. Alex was wearing a blue coat, so you couldn't see his whole torso section. They also had a robot that would shoot a bow and arrow. They would let you shoot first, then the robot would try to get closer to the bullseye. They also had "holographic sound" there. You walked into a room that looked like the dining room of a haunted house with a big table with head phones on it. You put the head phones on and the lights would turn off. The holographic sounds would make it seem like things were moving, like a person was walking behind you, pouring tea on one side of the room, and smashing glass bottles on the other. keep in mind that the room is still pitch black. Then, it sounded like little freaky demented kids with high pitched voices were running around the table and then the would stop behind you, whisper something in your ear, then giggle and run away. There were many cool things at the museum. Then we came home.

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