{"id":18557,"date":"2002-01-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-01-17T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2002\/01\/17\/family-event-feb-2-at-strategic-air-and-space-museum\/"},"modified":"2002-01-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2002-01-17T06:00:00","slug":"family-event-feb-2-at-strategic-air-and-space-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2002\/01\/17\/family-event-feb-2-at-strategic-air-and-space-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Family event Feb. 2 at Strategic Air and Space Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

UNMC and NHS employees, students and their families can receive discounted admission to UNMC’s Health and Technology Day Saturday, Feb. 2, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Strategic Air and Space Museum. With an employee ID, admission to the museum and events is $5 for adults and $2 for children.<\/p>\n

Speakers from UNMC will tell about the latest uses of technology during surgery, including minimally invasive surgery and robotics in the clinical laboratory. Also, the UNMC College of Nursing’s mobile nursing center will provide free blood pressure checks and diabetes screening. The Kids on the Block, a program to educate children about disability awareness and social concerns, will present shows about cerebral palsy and visual and hearing impairments.<\/p>\n

In addition to featured speakers and demonstrations, the Strategic Air and Space Museum’s interactive Robotics Exhibit will be open to visitors. Visitors can shoot hoops with a seven-foot high robot arm, race against and build a robot, converse with a robot or see Dante — the NASA robot that descended into the Mt. Spurr volcano in Alaska.<\/p>\n

To get to the Strategic Air and Space Museum from Omaha, take Interstate 80 to Lincoln and take exit 426. Visit the Strategic Air and Space Museum<\/a> Web site to learn more about upcoming events.<\/p>\n

The following presentations and demonstrations will take place Feb. 2:
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