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Create your own Pepper's Ghost projector and explore how illusions are formed using reflection.
Guide LED marbles through our Marble-Run "Microchip" to discover how waveguides channel light on silicon photonics chips-technology that powers high-speed communications, sensing, and next-generation devices.
Learn how fibre optics carries information at incredible speeds, and be mesmerised by our infinity mirror. Play with light, spark your curiosity, and uncover the amazing possibilities it holds.
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