Chris Banks from Glasgow Science Centre runs through the world-leading innovation happening in Glasgow and across Scotland
SCOTLAND is a leader in creativity and innovation, bringing the world amazing technology and scientific advancements for centuries. From MRI scanners to penicillin, television and colour photographs to the humble toaster. All these incredible inventions have driven Scottish science and engineering to become a world leader for innovation and technology. Innovation is critical – thinking outside of the box and coming up with creative solutions is how we solve the biggest problems facing our planet and its population. Our newest exhibition, Idea No59, celebrates innovation and aims to encourage all our visitors to find their innovator within. It will be open to visitors when we reopen on 25 June.
Exhibition is out of this world Enrico Sacchetti, who is based between the US and Italy was originally a fashion photographer. Now his images appear in major scientific and technology publications including New Scientist, Wired UK, Scientific American and the Smithsonian magazine. A selection of his work will feature at GSC’s Curious About Innovation festival later this month after his recent Dark Matter and Beyond the Invisible exhibitions in London, Dublin, Milan and Rome. “I’m working on a project to photograph high-energy physics research facilities around the world,” he says adding that he’s driven by his curiosity in what he describes as “cathedrals of knowledge”, research facilities in remote locations with some of the largest structures ever built searching for the smallest elements in our universe.