ECOP’s mission is to disseminate Photonics among society through own outreach activities or projects, as well as serving as dissemination platform for third-party outreach projects and the materials and tools developed within those projects.
In this post we include links to different tools developed by Photonics4All, a European outreach project which is funded by one of the calls under the Photonics Public Private Partnership (PPP) and thus received funding by the European Union. The tools mentioned below and developed within the project are open access and can be widely used by all people and organisations engaged in photonics outreach.
- VIDEO: directed to small children. Watch this video and see how heroine ‘Max’ and her friend ‘Lux’ chase after the stolen cup! Subtitles available in French, German, Swedish, Slovakian, Italian and Dutch.
- REPOSITORY Create a business with Photonics!. It focuses on photonics technologies and related sectors with a regional focus on the needs of these industries. The brochure shows the importance of photonics in several countries including testimonials from companies specialised in this sector and provides an overview about the mature photonics technologies and photonics applications. Besides, the brochure informs on how entrepreneurs in photonics are supported in business creation and development in their country.
- “OMNILIGHT LABORATORY”: this video showcases this edgy tool developed by Photonics4All as a prototype of modular instrumentation for light-based scientific show, aiming to provide an interactive light laboratory for presentation and education of photonics in many related outreach activities.
- APPS: consist of five modules which have been enhanced by a gaming and a quiz part, available on google playstore.
- GUIDELINES – Open Innovation in Photonics: Photonics4All innovation workshops in 2015 helped to draft this preliminary version. The upcoming innovation workshops in 2016 will test and implement the developed guidelines among the attendees.
- Bookmarks explaining five different Fascinations about Photonics:
How can Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) transform local food production?
How does light make computers and phones smaller and faster?
How can light replace a needle?
How can light help solve crimes?
Why do soap bubbles have colour?
Find here the brochures in other Languages
- Photonics QUIZZES: The “ThinkPhoton! flash game” and a catchy cross-word. Test yourself with our quizzeswhich are available in several languages!