Noisy Toys (Newcastle Science Festival Part 1)

I can a bit geeky when it comes to science. This year science festival in Newcastle has been very interesting. There were a whole colourful and exciting science events and programmes scheduled throughout Newcastle which cater for the kids and also adults.

Today we went to see the Noisy Toys in Discovery Museum. Noisy toys??? Yup! That was my first impression when I read the brochure. =) But it was really cool. I feel there is a chance for me to DJ-ing some hot and funky music if given more time and chance to play with these toys. Who knows, I might produce cool track like those kind you get in Madonna’s songs from the latest few albums – a bit techno and electric. But seriously this is what they are now using to make their music stand out from other artists.

The noisy toys are special because they are sensitive to either by touch or light. They produce pitch at high and low by touching different parts of the instrument or using your hand to shade the light sensor. Kids love it. There was also this voice transducer that can change your voice to a very deep manly voice and another to change to a very funny voice like the one you get after swallowing some helium gas from the helium balloon.