While we were in Madras, we visited the Science and Technology Centre. We opted for the package that included everything. 

First up was the Birla planetarium. My first visit to a planetarium. When you enter there is this “studded” missile aiming at you. Seems its the “Zeiss projector” that plots all the stars on the dome above. A great experience from those reclining seats. Some other graphics get projected onto the dome as well like a huge mouse pointer and some low-res graphics and photos too.

Next was the 3D movie. Another first for me. I found it very cool though it scared my wife silly. There were scenes where this snake comes into you face and another one where an army of mice run towards you. Too bad it was only a 15 min show.

Last on the agenda was the Science center. This was extermely disappointing. A lot of exhibits, but hardly anything worked. The only thing that looked good was me sitting on that tractor!

On our way out we swung by this garden of science with various exhibits. One of them was this rat wheel. Fun till you slip and fall. ;)