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The escape room ‘Katze Q’ – which is currently closed – is based on the multi-award-winning app ‘Katze Q – A Quantum Adventure’. Players are sent on a journey into the crazy world of quantum physics to free the cute, half-dead cat Q from its box.

‘Katze Q’ is packed with more than 20 scientific facts about the fascinating world of quantum physics. But don’t worry: it never gets boring, we promise!

The ‘Katze Q’ app was developed in collaboration with the ct.qmat Cluster of Excellence. Anna Braunizer – the real great-granddaughter of Erwin Schrödinger – has taken on the role of patron, together with her father Leonhard.

The game is free, with no adverts and no in-app purchases – thanks to funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of the ‘Research in Germany’ initiative.

Infinite Sums
What happens when you add up an infinite number of numbers? And what does this have to do with pizza, clocks and leaning towers? We explain all this in the Matheworkshop2Go on Infinite Sums. There’s also plenty of opportunity to puzzle over problems and experiment for yourself.
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Tiling
The Matheworkshop2Go on tiling is all about bouncing tiles and flying parquet flooring. It’s worth having paper, pens, scissors and your smartphone to hand beforehand – because there’s plenty to do.
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Biscuits and stars
If you always end up with too much dough left over when cutting out biscuits, only maths can help. This Maths Workshop2Go is all about biscuits and stars – have fun baking and crafting!
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That sun again, still that pesky rain – or when on earth is the snow finally going to come? We talk about the weather every day, but when do we talk about the climate and climate change? What does the rise in global average temperatures of around 1 °C since 1990 mean? Is that a lot? Why is that the case? What does it have to do with us? And what can I do, and what happens next?

This interactive science exhibition provides insights into the methods and latest findings of climate research, explains the causes, extent and consequences of global warming, offers experiments on the greenhouse effect, displays objects and concrete examples of climate change in the region, and facilitates the exchange of views and reflection on one’s own actions.

All exhibition content is accessible via a virtual tour.

In a series of videos on YouTube, we showcase some of the classic games from our exhibition ‘Brave New Cyber World? Computer Games and Society’.

Tetris, Super Mario or Minecraft – what makes these games so special, what was innovative about them when they were first released, and why are some of them still played with such enthusiasm today? Let’s play!

A digital tour offers a glimpse into the radio archive even whilst the Dresden Technology Collections are undergoing refurbishment. It houses some truly special treasures – including a ‘Stradivari 4’ from Sternradio Rochlitz, complete with a remote control and various sound options: a demonstration of the ‘Stradivari 4’ on YouTube

Some DEFA animated films from our daily cinema programme and from the exhibition organised by the German Institute for Animated Film can also be found on the DEFA Foundation’s YouTube channel and can still be viewed whilst the building works are underway.

‘Erlebnisland Mathematik’ offers a range of cut-out templates to help you explore the subject in greater depth. From cubes and dodecahedra to the discrete Neovius minimal surface, we warmly invite you to build a wide variety of shapes yourself.

Designed by Prof. Dr Konrad Polthier from the Geometry Processing Research Group at the Free University of Berlin, you can download and use these cut-out templates free of charge.