Rex the dinosaur is heading our way!

WARRINGTON fans of Jurassic World should book their place at the science event of the year.
A fantastic Dino-Zone has been added to the mix of exciting science attractions at the Sci-Tech Daresbury public open day on Saturday July 9.
Rex, the closest you are likely to get to meeting a real live dinosaur, will be there.
But don’t worry, he’s friendlier than your average T-Rex and loves being admired by all. And if you love seeing dinosaurs on the big screen, you’ll most certainly want to have a go at walking an awesome life-size
digital dinosaur, controlling his movements with an X-box.
If virtual worlds are your thing, then star in your own Matrix-style “frozen time” film sequence with a fantastic time-slice camera, or race against the clock to change the wheel of a sports car with the latest
in virtual technologies.
You could then follow that up by putting your aim to the test as you shoot balloons with lasers.
Phil Day, public engagement manager at STFC, and organiser of the event said: “From meeting Rex to examining real dinosaur bones, or even finding your own fossils in our sandpit, there will be no shortage of excitement at Daresbury.
“Of course, the Dino-Zone is just a part of what there will be to see
and do, and whether you want to shoot balloons with lasers, explore virtual technology, or chat to the scientists and engineers behind some of the world’s most spectacular and powerful science experiments, there will be tons to see and do for all the family.”
Daresbury is home to one of the UK’s world leading science campuses and some of the world’s best scientists and engineers, and as a working
science facility it is not usually open to the public.
Visitors on the day will be able to explore one of the most advanced particle accelerators dedicated to cancer therapy research, or the world’s most powerful supercomputing facilities dedicated to industry,
where new models of car are designed.
“They will also be able to visit one of the most powerful microscopes in the world that formed part of the Nobel Prize winning graphene research and walk through a life-sized, section of the Large Hadron Collider tunnel.