Jurassic Science Week in Tasmania
Bringing back the dinosaurs using augmented reality technology
Use your smartphone to find dinosaurs in locations around Hobart and Launceston during National Science Week 13 – 21 August.
Look out for the dinosaur stickers at the following places, follow the instructions (or see details below) to download the app for your phone, and then see how many dinosaurs you can find!
Hobart
- Elizabeth St Mall
- Franklin Square
- Mawson’s Place
- Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
- Salamanca
- Tasmanian School of Art - Hunter St
- Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery main entrance
- UTAS Sandy Bay campus
Launceston
- AURORA StadiumCBD - Brisbane St
- CBD - George St
- City Park
- Gorge Entrance -Bridge Road
- King’s Park - Paterson St
- Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery at Inveresk
- UTAS Newnham campus
Let's see those dinosaurs
To get up close and personal, you'll need a handy smartphone (iPhone or Android). Next, visit:
http://nationalscienceweek.iinet.net.au/download
From here:
- Download Layar for either iOS or Android; then
- Download the Jurassic Science Week 'layar'
- And... launch!
In cities and towns around the country those ancient creatures have left some fresh foot prints - look out for orange stickers indicating a dinosaur is in the area!
iiNet's National photo competition - Calling all photographasauruses...
Simply share your Jurassic Science Week photos with iiNet by 21 August 2011 and you could win a years' worth of iiNet broadband. Find out more about how to enter from iiNet by visiting http://nationalscienceweek.iinet.net.au/competition.