Laura Torino at the Festival of Science and Technology
On June 14th oPAC Fellow Laura Torino took part for the first time in the Festival of Science and Technology with a demonstration about how to create a homemade particle accelerator.
The Festival of Science and Technology is organized by the Barcelona City Council Culture Institute with the aim of bringing science closer to the general public and promoting citizen participation.
The Parc de la Ciutadella became a laboratory for this event with interactive activities addressed to families, oPAC partner ALBA showed how a particle accelerator works. The objective of the activity was to explain ALBA's facility with homemade equipment, using concepts such as electric charge or electric charge conduction.
Laura Torino, as member of the Accelerators division performed several demonstrations to almost 80 people who visited the Marie Curie tent.
The Festival of Science and Technology finished on June 20th at the Catalan Parliament.