This role becomes ever more important as science and technology shape and reshape our lives and world, and it means we:
Promote active citizenship informed by the world of science and technology
Inspire lifelong appreciation of the importance and impact of science and engineering
Encourage young people of all backgrounds to explore and develop their interests in understanding the natural and huma
n-made world. What is Hacking Science ? Most people get Science, but what about the Hacking? Hacking Science can be interpreted in two ways: Hacking the Science, or the Science of Hacking. It really doesn’t matter that much. Hacking has often been associated with malicious intentions, but this type of definition for hacking is becoming increasingly outdated. Hacking has become a generic term to describe the process of finding creative ways, often involving coding, around an existing problem or roadblock. From hacker news to mind hacks to hackathons, the word hacking embodies the spirit that problems can be (and must be) solved with software and science. It is in this spirit that we use the term. A hack is a quick solution to a problem – maybe not the most elegant solution, but often the cleverest. Hacking is about using imagination and creativity to reinvent and reclaim the world - for good, for serious, or just for fun.Hacking Science is where we take all this awesome hacking jazz and use it for science. Take a community of science geeks, coders, designers, makers, inventors, and enthusiasts, mix them together in a big melting pot of different perspectives and approaches, add a bunch of tools and materials, and see what comes out: awesome ideas, the next great start-up, real hard science, or the weirdest, most useless things you could never imagine.
