Maaroof Fakhri- Labster- Virtual Reality Lab for Science Education

Finding Genius Podcast

Richard Jacobs

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1K 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.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Almost Here, Round the Corner of Future Technology Podcasts with Richard Jacobs.
0:07.6	Future Technologies are always to transform our lives for better or worse or the focus of this podcast.
0:13.2	Almost here means these technologies are now here and starting to be used.
0:17.8	We're just around the corner, from Bitcoin to artificial intelligence, 3D printing,
0:22.7	blockchain, virtual reality, and more.
0:27.1	Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Future Tech podcast.
0:30.3	My guest today is Maruf Alfakri.
0:32.7	He's a project lead in the VR section of Labster.
0:38.2	Ruf, how are you doing?
0:39.3	I'm great.
0:39.9	How are you?
0:40.7	Good.
0:41.3	Yeah, thanks.
0:42.2	So tell me about Labster.
0:43.9	What do you guys do?
0:45.3	And then what specific work are you doing there?
0:47.6	So Labster is a Danish company based in Copenhagen in Denmark.
0:52.3	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 school, at university,
1:01.7	and then in general, the vision of the company is actually to kind of empower
1:06.1	the next generation of scientists to change the world.
1:09.0	That's kind of at the core of what we do.
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