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In the center of Klaipeda, on the banks of the Dangė River, there were noticeable posters: several dozen tables have been screwed onto the benches, which have already managed to arouse interest.
It will help to know
Each table contains different information related to biology or medicine. The tables show inscriptions such as synthetic biology, DNA, viruses, and more.
What is meant, for example, by the words “Bacteria attacking” robots “can be found by scanning a QR code on a telephone table, also known as an optical tag.
A bright green protein may appear that can be used to diagnose and treat cancer or Alzheimer’s disease.
The QR code opens the project website of the Vilnius University student team that participated in the International Genetic Engineering Machine Competition (iGEM).
The leader of this team, Ieva Lingytė, said that the Vilnius University students prepared the project together with the Klaipėda Municipality. This project is designed to learn about life sciences with AR and QR technologies.
“By creating this project, we tried to help the person touch the invisible world through the various senses: the life sciences. During quarantine, this can be a great opportunity for people to broaden their horizons. you need is a mobile phone with a QR code scanner. “You can see three-dimensional models on the screen, where we represent various viruses, DNA structures, various proteins. Our body is made of these things, “said I. Lingytė.
Fun during quarantine
The students recorded the information in both English and Lithuanian.
“We wanted to implement this project in many municipalities, but Klaipeda is the first city in which we managed to implement the idea. At a time when many quarantine restrictions are in place in the country, such a project can be interesting for people. who spend time outdoors, which is used to treat a variety of diseases. A bright green protein may appear that can be used to diagnose and treat cancer or Alzheimer’s disease, “said the project manager.
Among the information tables is one that will provide information on COVID-19.
Gave the city
The students have developed thirteen information models, but the tables themselves are much more.
“The mentioned posters are a project implemented by the municipality of Klaipeda. As far as I know, telling the townspeople, as planned, was prevented with the quarantine, the tables have not been approved, therefore their presentation, postponed to a later time “, – said the head of the Klaipeda City Council and the secretary of the mayor, specialist Aušra Lukauskienė.
The students ensure that the project is prepared for free. It only cost the municipality to make these boards and adhere them.
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