Fast Forward: 20 ways F1™ is changing our world

Fast Forward
  • Pre-booking not required
  • Duration
    30-45 mins
  • Adult:student ratio
    1: 15
  • Suitable for:
    Post 16,
 

Explore the wonders of Formula 1™ technology, but not just on the racetrack. Find out how researchers from different industries and disciplines have embraced the Formula 1™ spirit for innovation and transferred it into our everyday lives.

20 innovative by-products of Formula 1™ will show how sophisticated composite materials and rigorous pit-stop strategies devised by British teams are currently applied to improve safety and efficiency in our hospitals, homes and working places.

Formula 1™ has a long and proud heritage of British racing triumph, but motorsport’s more than the Grand Prix winners – there is a wealth of winning technology too. British teams, engineers and mechanics have shown themselves to be at the forefront of Formula 1™, a world where human skill, innovation and cutting-edge technology are pushed to the extreme.

The exhibition features unique items such as the Ovei Wellbeing Capsule, Baby Pod II and Solar B Solar Probe.

F1, FORMULA 1 and FORMULA ONE™ are trade marks of Formula One Licensing BV, a Formula One Group company. All rights reserved.

From mid March 09 to mid March 2010.

 

Cost: Free,

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