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Finding Genius Podcast

Maaroof Fakhri- Labster- Virtual Reality Lab for Science Education

Finding Genius Podcast

Richard Jacobs

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Labster is a company that is trying to change science education and the way people engage with it, hoping to empower the next generation of scientists to change the world. With 70 virtual reality simulations already running on the Labster platform, users can choose from a variety of scenarios to enter, each of which heavily engages the student in every step of an experiment or project.“Not everyone has access to a lab, but in this way, we bring it to the student’s lap,” says Maaroof Fakhri, who works as a project lead in the virtual reality section of Labster.
Designed primarily for students in grades K-12, the most popular modules are those covering material that helps students transfer from late high school to early college, and are frequently used by teachers and universities to help students review certain material. Studies show that when compared to traditional methods of learning, the use of Labster simulations resulted in a 76% increase in learning.
To learn more or check out the simulations for yourself, visit www.labster.com.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Almost Here, Around the Corner of Future Technology Podcasts with Richard Jacobs.

0:07.0

Future Technologies is to transform our lives for better or worse or the focus of this podcast.

0:13.0

Almost here means these technologies are now here and starting to be used.

0:17.0

Or just around the corner, for Bitcoin to artificial intelligence,

0:21.0

3D printing, blockchain, virtual reality, and more.

0:25.0

Hello this is Richard Jacobs with the Future Tech Podcast. My guest today is Maroo Farfakri, or Maro Fakri, he's a project lead in the VR section of Labster.

0:38.0

Marooff, how you doing?

0:39.0

I'm great, how are you?

0:40.0

Good, yeah, thanks.

0:42.0

So tell me about Labster, what do you guys? Good, yeah, thanks. So tell me about Lapster.

0:44.0

What are you guys doing and what specific work are you doing there?

0:47.0

So Lapsters are a Danish company based in Copenhagen in Denmark and we're primarily a company that's trying to change science education

0:56.6

and the way people engage with science both at schools at university and then in general general the vision of the company is actually to kind of empower the next generation of scientists to change the world.

1:09.0

That's kind of at the core of what we do.

1:11.0

And the company itself is sort of made up of scientists, educators,

1:15.8

people who are generally kind of enthusiastic about science and the difference it can make

1:20.0

on improving lives and I mean we think technology has a big place to play in delivering

1:27.0

the best learning experience particularly for students so our mission really is to kind of leverage the technology to support science

1:34.8

teachers to kind of evolve their craft and support student learning in general.

1:39.3

So what have you found are good ways to teach science versus ways that aren't very effective?

1:45.0

What's new in your guys' approach?

1:47.0

I mean, it might sound kind of counterintuitive, but especially because labs have sort of

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