Science exhibition to be out of this world

WHILE 1,200 students nervously display their projects to the judges, visitors to the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2012 are being promised a range of “out-of-the-world” acts to add to the entertainment.

The last of the 551 projects from students of 221 schools are being set up this morning after being selected from almost 1,800 submitted last autumn. They will be judged over the next two days and winners are to be announced at the RDS in Dublin on Friday.

However, with about 30,000 visitors expected to come and see their wares after the exhibition opens today at lunchtime, organisers have also arranged attractions with a strong theme around sci-fi and space exploration.