{"id":1353,"date":"2026-06-15T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2026-07-10T11:27:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:27:51","slug":"discover-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/2026\/06\/15\/discover-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Fest 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The NoVA team took part in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/discover-fest\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/discover-fest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newcastle University\u2019s Discover Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the day, around 2,500 people attended and enjoyed a wide range of activities, workshops and performances across campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1709\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/files\/2026\/06\/DSC_9579-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/files\/2026\/06\/DSC_9579-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/files\/2026\/06\/DSC_9579-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/files\/2026\/06\/DSC_9579-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/files\/2026\/06\/DSC_9579-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/files\/2026\/06\/DSC_9579-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/files\/2026\/06\/DSC_9579-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/files\/2026\/06\/DSC_9579-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hannah and Alma presented two interactive stands. One invited children to think about mobility and Parkinson\u2019s by designing an app to support self-monitoring for older adults. The other helped children explore explainable AI using coloured cubes and an explorer dashboard to identify penguins in Antarctica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/files\/2026\/06\/DSC_9686-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/files\/2026\/06\/DSC_9686-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/files\/2026\/06\/DSC_9686-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/files\/2026\/06\/DSC_9686-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/files\/2026\/06\/DSC_9686-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/files\/2026\/06\/DSC_9686-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/files\/2026\/06\/DSC_9686-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a great day of sharing research with local families in a fun and accessible way. Thank you to everyone who visited and to the Discover Festival team for organising such a fantastic event!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NoVA team took part in Newcastle University\u2019s Discover Festival. On the day, around 2,500 people attended and enjoyed a wide range of activities, workshops and performances across campus. Hannah and Alma presented two interactive stands. One invited children to think about mobility and Parkinson\u2019s by designing an app to support self-monitoring for older adults. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/2026\/06\/15\/discover-fest\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Discover Fest 2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4185,"featured_media":1598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1353"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1607,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353\/revisions\/1607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}